Brabant Monastery Trail: circular tour Boxmeer
The circular walk of 4.1 km takes you past places that tell the story of monastery life in Boxmeer, and past the beautiful embankments of the river Maas. The walk will lead you through the village where Tinus Brandsma started his Carmel life.
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The circular walk of 4.1 km takes you past places that tell the story of monastery life in Boxmeer, and past the beautiful embankments of the river Maas. The walk will lead you through the village where Tinus Brandsma started his Carmel life.
North Brabant monastery life
While walking, become acquainted with the life and work of the Brabant monks and nuns – then and now. Brabant Monastery Trail takes you past around fifty-five monasteries and abbeys in North Brabant in various stages. The total length of the trail is 330 kilometres, but there are also beautiful trails marked out around various monasteries.
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Signposting of the Monastery trail
Simply follow the signs and walk along the route from one numbered junction to the next.
Signposting of the Monastery trail
Simply follow the signs and walk along the route from one numbered junction to the next.
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Carmelite Monastery Boxmeer
It is thanks to Count Albert of Bergh and Countess Madeleine of Cusance that there is a Carmelite monastery here.
Steenstraat 395831 JA Boxmeer
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Saint Peter's Basilica
Saint Peter Basilica was built after the Second World War, after the previous church was completely destroyed in 1944.
Titus Brandsma Memorial
Diagonally opposite the basilica you will find Burgemeester Verkuijlstraat with a memorial to one of the most famous Dutch Carmelites: Titus Brandsma.
Former monastery De Weijer and Weijerpark
House De Weijer had a religious function from as early as the fifteenth century, being the house where the local vicar lived.
Protestant church
This church was built in 1822 under the authority of a water works engineer.
Julie Postel Convent
Julie Postel was a teacher in the fishing village of Barfleur in Normandy who taught children from poor families and took in orphans.
Nepomuk chapel
The Nepomuk chapel dates back to 1737 and was erected to replace the chapel inside the castle.
Juvenaat
Juvenaat broadly translates to juvenile school. The juvenaat had about sixteen to twenty pupils, known as seminarians.
Elsendael Convent
In 1666 the house Elsendael in Boxmeer was bequeathed with the goal of founding a convent.
Carmelite Monastery Boxmeer
It is thanks to Count Albert of Bergh and Countess Madeleine of Cusance that there is a Carmelite monastery here.
Steenstraat 395831 JA Boxmeer
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