On a bank of the River Gulp, just to the south of Slenaken, is the "grinding stone of Slenaken" , a large flint boulder used in the Neolithic period to polish stone axe heads.The earliest surviving written record of Slenaken dates from 1252. At that time, along with the parish, Slenaken comprised a handful of houses and farmsteads. At some point before 1428 a small chapel was constructed. There is a legend that this was triggered when a shepherd saw one of his sheep kneeling before a "cross" in a burning bush. This inspired the villagers to build the little chapel, where they came together each Friday to venerate the Holy Cross. Starting in 1495, the site expanded and became a monastery.
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Gulpen-Wittem,Slenaken, Limburg, Netherlands
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