Abtsgracht

To the west we see the broek, cadastral known as "the old cemetery". Until the 17th century, the church of Donk, a parish that was indebted to the abbey of Sint-Truiden, stood here on a land dune, a "donk": from the Latin Dunga or sand hill in marshland. But the church was flooded and the people of Donk demolished it and built their church two kilometers to the south, where it was drier. The beautiful winding canal is still called the abtsgracht...

Bezoekerscentrum Schulensmeer