Via Yprensis

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14h36
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For Via Yprensis skal vi først tilbage til kysten, til Nieuwpoort. Nieuwpoort opstod som en lille fiskerihavn. På grund af sandingen af udløbet af IJzer var adgangen for større skibe til Diksmuide ikke længere mulig, og handlende og pilgrimme satte fod på land i Nieuwpoort.

Som en erindring om de første pilgrimme, der engang begyndte deres rejse her, starter Via Yprensis på spidsen af Westerstaketsel, 500 m ud i Nordsøen. Langs udløbet af IJzer og centrum af byen når man til Ganzenpoot. Her lykkedes det Karel Cogghe og Hendrik Geeraert i oktober 1915 at åbne sluserne og oversvømme IJzervlakte, hvilket stoppede den tyske fremrykning. Via Yprensis følger en del af frontlinjen langs bredden af IJzer, gennem naturområder og små landsbyer. Tanken om 1. verdenskrig er aldrig langt væk. Den smukke kirke i St.-Jacobskapelle og statuen af pilgrimmen der, lader dig allerede drømme om slutdestinationen. Via slingrer over bilfrie veje langs Boezinge og Steenstraete til Ieper.

Ved siden af Gent og Brugge var Ieper et vigtigt centrum for klædeindustrien. Men byen var også et sted, hvor pilgrimme fandt husly i vores Frue-gasthaus. På vej til Sankt Jakobskirken går Via forbi Menenporten, symbolet til minde om de faldne fra 1. verdenskrig. Her kan du hver aften få gåsehud ved lyden af Last Post. Via Komen/Comines og Wervik fører Via Yprensis ind i Frankrig for at slutte sig til Via Brugensis efter 70 km.

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