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St. Dymphna Church

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St. Dymphna Church
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#4 of 11 things to do in Geel
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2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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belgianguy1
Bruges, Belgium11,239 contributions
Impressive church
Jul 2020 • Solo
Beautiful and impressive church, located on the main square in Geel, there's a weekly mass on sunday at 11
Written 26 July 2020
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Tracey from Blandon
Blandon, PA56 contributions
Beautiful church to patron saint of mental illness
Jul 2019 • Family
My daughter chose St. Dymphna as her saint for Confirmation several years ago. She was inspired by the story. We are in Germany for the summer and discovered that there is the church in Geel so we planned a visit. The Geel tourist office provided great advice and we made our way to the Gasthuismuseum which discussed life in the sanatorium run by the Augustine order to treat mental illness. It discusses the story of St. Dymphna. Then we visited the wonderful church. It was absolutely grand and beautiful inside and well worth the visit. During summer, it is only open certain days and hours (Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday 2 to 5 pm I believe). We spent about 45 minutes in the Gasthuismuseum and 30 minutes in the Church.
Written 21 July 2019
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T1098FBjonathanb
Voorhees, NJ, United States15 contributions
Closed and locked up
Apr 2019
I went to the church at about 3 in the afternoon on a Thursday. No hours posted. Totally deserted. Locked up. Seemed pretty strange for tourist site.
Written 22 April 2019
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Kellyke1
Geel, Belgium36 contributions
Church with a strong history
Nov 2017 • Friends
This is a beautiful church with different building styles because of the rebuilding after it got bommed during the war. If you get the chance to visit the church (and the cemetary) with a guide, definitely take up on the tour!
Written 1 May 2018
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Paul H
Tipperary, Ireland321 contributions
Wow a slice of history
Mar 2017 • Business
Wonderfully maintained structure with historic windows depicting life af st Dympna. Excellent knowledge of the legend is available from helpful curators. Thus building is linked with Monaghan in Ireland.
Written 2 April 2017
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RHAHJ
Nijmegen, The Netherlands1,979 contributions
Treasures
Feb 2017 • Solo
I was lucky to find someone working at the front door, at a time when the church should be closed. The workman was fine with me having a look inside. It is ashame that the church is closed from September through March, and that was until now not mentioned on Tripadvisor, since there are some nice treasures to be found inside. Most eye-catching is the tomb of Jan III of Merode and his wife Anna van Gistel. There are many impressive altarpieces, most with sculptures in the center, and sculptures or paintings on the side panels. These include the Dimpna altar piece from 1515, the passion altar piece from 1490. There are also various old paintings. Some descriptions of these works are desirable, but maybe they are there during official openings.
Written 25 February 2017
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ST. DYMPHNA CHURCH (Geel) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go

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St. Dymphna Church is open:
  • Tue - Tue 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Thu - Sun 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM