Kerselare

Hamlet and pilgrimage site in Flemish Region

50°49′48″N 3°37′46″E / 50.83012°N 3.62958°E / 50.83012; 3.62958Country

BelgiumRegionFlemish RegionProvinceEast FlandersMunicipalityOudenaardeArea

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• Total1.40 km² (0.54 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total199 • Density140/km² (370/sq mi)Time zoneCET

Kerselare (also Kerzelare) is a hamlet and pilgrimage site in Edelare, a village belonging to the municipality of Oudenaarde in the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Kerselare is located on the Edelareberg, the highest point of Edelare^[2]

Kerselare is host to a pilgrimage chapel, which origins goes back to the 15th century.^[3] A Mary statue had been placed underneath a cherry tree (Kerselaar in Dutch),^[4] and several miracles had occurred.^[5] Later inns were later built to the north and east of the site.^[4]

A new chapel in Gothic Revival style was constructed in 1614. This chapel underwent renovation in 1887, but was destroyed by a fire in 1961. A new, post-modernic chapel building arose^[6] in 1966.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 45035A49". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
^ "Edelare". Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
^ Koenraad DE WOLF, Architectuurgids Zuid-Oost-Vlaanderen. Gotische bouwkunst (1225-1625), 1997, pp 48-49.
^ ^a ^b "Kerzelare". Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Bedevaartsoord en kapel Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Kerselare". Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
^ Koenraad DE WOLF, Architectuurgids Zuid-Oost-Vlaanderen. Art Deco en Modernisme (1918-1965) , 2000, p. 90 and pp.132-133.