Lier
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You cannot visit Lier without having spotted the “Fortuin” house. This very beautiful building has become one of the symbols of the city of Lier. It is situated on the “Felix Timmermansplein , 7”. It was built with bricks and natural stone and then painted white. It probably dates from the 17th century, but was adapted in the 18th century. It used to be originally a storage place for wheat and grain. Later it became a place to store coal, a lemonade factory, a workshop and since its restoration between 1962 and 1965, a restaurant. / Would it not be nice to have our “Lierse Vlaaikens” on the floating terrace or in the garden next the house? /
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One minute and he will be gone /
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Colorful digital painting by Alejandro Silveira. / Legends series. / Big version.
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At the southern end of the Zimmerplein stands the Zimmer tower (also known as the “Cornelius tower”, which was originally part of the 14th century city wall. The tower houses since 1930 the Jubilee clock, made by the Lier clockmaker Louis Zimmer (1888-1970). The clock displays 13 faces on which can be seen : the official Greenwich Mean Time, the lunar cycle, the signs of the zodiac, the solar cycle, the 7 days of the week, the globe with the meridians, the 12 months, de eternal dates, the seasons, the tidal waves in Lier, the age and the phases of the moon. On the right side of the tower four statues display the four seasons as phases of human life. The figures represent famous artists from Lier. Under these statues, statues of the Belgian kings and the mayors of the town parade every day at 12 o’clock. In the tower one can visit the astronomic studio with the planetarium that holds 57 astronomic clock faces and admire the cogwheels of the clock. Beside the tower, in the Zimmer pavilion, the astronomic clock is displayed since 1960. This clock is a wonderful example of technicality and preciseness and was admired at the New York World Fair in 1939
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Reflections on the river Nete.
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Houses of the well-to-do Beguines
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A B/W for BSC1 / /
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The Pump Street derives its name from the pump built against the wall of house number 2. Before this house was built, a source bubbled at this very place. Hence the house was named “De Benedictie des Heren” (loosely, the Benevolence of God). In 1407, the house was a convent (place where beguines lived together). It was called “Woemelgheemshuse bij den grooten putte” (Woemelgheems House next to the big well). Historians think that already in the early 13th century, this house was a convent. In fact, it is the oldest kernel of the beguine movement in Flanders. It was only in 1240 that the beguinages of Leuven and Gent were founded
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Views and Beguinage of touristic Lier
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One of the prides of Lier is the “Beguinage” (Dutch : Begijnhof). It dates from the 13th century and ranks among the largest and most beautiful beguinages in Belgium. Beguinages were founded in most medieval cities of the low countries at the time of the crusades. A lot of women had lost their husbands and wanted to live in protected communities. Most of these women, however, did not want to join a convent or a monastery, where they had to make vows. In the beguinages, the ladies could live like nuns or sisters, without having to make vows that would tie them for the rest of their lives. The system of beguinages continued to exist in the low countries until this century. Most beguinages consisted of a group a small houses, which, together, formed a little separate village inside a city
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Dockershouse – Boat with fishingnet for eels
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Entrance Porch of the Beguinage with statue of St Begga / /
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One of the prides of Lier is the “Beguinage” (Dutch : Begijnhof). It dates from the 13th century and ranks among the largest and most beautiful beguinages in Belgium. Beguinages were founded in most medieval cities of the low countries at the time of the crusades. A lot of women had lost their husbands and wanted to live in protected communities. Most of these women, however, did not want to join a convent or a monastery, where they had to make vows. In the beguinages, the ladies could live like nuns or sisters, without having to make vows that would tie them for the rest of their lives. The system of beguinages continued to exist in the low countries until this century. Most beguinages consisted of a group a small houses, which, together, formed a little separate village inside a city
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Miss Symphorosa, / a personage from the book:”The beautiful hours of Mlss Symphorosa, little beguine” written by Felix Timmermans, a well-known Flemish writer. / “De mooie uren van Juffrouw Symphorosa, begijntje” FT
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A view of the Kleine Nete river as it flows gently through the Belgian City of Lier.
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At the southern end of the Zimmerplein stands the Zimmer tower (also known as the “Cornelius tower”, which was originally part of the 14th century city wall. The tower houses since 1930 the Jubilee clock, made by the Lier clockmaker Louis Zimmer (1888-1970). The clock displays 13 faces on which can be seen : the official Greenwich Mean Time, the lunar cycle, the signs of the zodiac, the solar cycle, the 7 days of the week, the globe with the meridians, the 12 months, de eternal dates, the seasons, the tidal waves in Lier, the age and the phases of the moon. On the right side of the tower four statues display the four seasons as phases of human life. The figures represent famous artists from Lier. Under these statues, statues of the Belgian kings and the mayors of the town parade every day at 12 o’clock. In the tower one can visit the astronomic studio with the planetarium that holds 57 astronomic clock faces and admire the cogwheels of the clock. Beside the tower, in the Zimmer pavilion, the astronomic clock is displayed since 1960. This clock is a wonderful example of technicality and preciseness and was admired at the New York World Fair in 1939
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This is one of the smaller streets leading to a bigger street with higher houses for the richer beguines.
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Prisoner’s Gate. On the corner of the Zimmer square one can see the “Prisoner’s gate”, which dates from 1375. This was originally a gate of the city wall. It was built in gothic style but later adapted with classicist elements. This can best be seen on the side of the gate towards the market square, where a niche harbors a polychromatic statue of Saint Rochus. Also on the other side the gate has been decorated with a statue of Saint Margaret. As from the second half of the 16th century until 1930, the gate was used as a prison, hence its name
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’’Its a grapefruit, it ain’t no bad fruit’‘
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Since 1930 the Centenary Clock and the Astronomical Studio are both located in the Zimmer Tower. The tower building goes back to the 13th. century and was originally called the Cornelius Tower, forming part of the wall around the city. Every day, at noon, a hatch in the side-façade opens, showing personalities from both local and national histories between 1830 and 1930. The first floor houses the remarkable Astronomical Studio with planetarium and a revolving disk at the ceiling which is a replica of our Northern hemisphere. On the second floor we find the gear mechanism which is controlled by a master-clock. Every six seconds the whole system is brought into movement to adjust the 75 dials.
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