Begraafplaats Kwakkelstraat Kapel - Turnhout, Belgium
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On the Turnhout cemetery, you will find this chapel. It is located on the westside of the cemetery. The chapel itself is on the cemetery, you can view it from outside the cemetery as the outerwall is part of the wall of the cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM15N0E
Location: Antwerpen, Belgium
Date Posted: 01/24/2022
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About the chapel.
The chapel is a small, simple chapel. It is approx 3 meters by 3 meters. It is made from red bricks. The windows are normal glass (not stained glass windows).
Inside there is a small woodenaltar and you can pray at the prayer bench.
About the Turnhout Cemetery (according to the Turnhout municipal website):
"Opening hours cemeteries
From November 1 to March 31 from 8 am to 5.30 pm
From April 1 to October 31 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Who can be buried here?
the inhabitants of Turnhout
persons who no longer live in Turnhout for reasons of care but who have lived in Turnhout for at least 10 years
persons who have a concession
stillborn children
people found dead in the city
Non-residents pay a municipal tax that is foreign to the municipality and are obliged to take a concession.
A grave is preserved for 15 years if there is no concession."
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Part of the Turnhout municipal cemetery is dedicated to graves for Belgian who fought in the First and Second World War. The plot of graves can be found on the left side of the cemetery when you enter from the Kwakkelstraat.
In the middle of the plot a Remembrance Monument has been erected to commemorate the military and civilian victims, as well as the veterans of the First and Second World War. Source: (
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