16 Sights in Lier, Belgium (with Map and Images)
Explore interesting sights in Lier, Belgium. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 16 sights are available in Lier, Belgium.
List of cities in Belgium Sightseeing Tours in Lier1. Sint-Jacobskapel
The Sint-Jacobskapel is a chapel located on the Grote Markt of the city of Lier, in the Belgian province of Antwerp. This Gothic chapel was built by the city council in 1383 and dedicated to Jacobus the superior. She was plagued by fire in 1479 and recovered shortly afterwards. During the difficult years of the iconoclasm in the 16th century, the chapel was plagued by atrocities and then had to be initiated again. In 1636 the Jesuits officially become chaplains of the Spanish troops in Lier during the Spanish era. A total of 38 Spanish governors were active in Lier between 1560 and 1712. Because the chapel was used as a parish church for the Spanish troops, people quickly spoke of the Spanish chapel in Lier. A nickname that is still used. There are still several Spanish coats of arms in the church During the First World War the chapel was set on fire by the Germans, but after the First World War she was almost completely rebuilt by Lierse contractor Florent D’Hulst to plans by Leuven architect Frans Vandendael. However, the restoration was influenced by Canon Lemaire. She has been protected since 1939. The chapel is on the pilgrimage route to Compostella.
2. Sint-Pieterskapel
The Sint-Pieters Chapel, opposite the Sint-Gummaruskerk is the only Romanesque building in Lier, Belgium, the province of Antwerp, and also the oldest. The original chapel dates from around 1225. It replaced the wooden prayer site that was founded by Sint-Gummarus in the 8th century. After the completion of the Sint-Gummarus church at the end of the 15th century, a large part of the chapel was demolished. During the French rule, the chapel was emptied. Later, during the structure of the church outside the Leuvensepoort between 1901 and 1904, served as a parish church of the Holy Family. During the First World War the chapel burned out, but was rebuilt between 1922 and 1925 under the leadership of Lemaire. However, Lemaire did not follow the original shape of the chapel, so that only the chapel without the tower was protected as a monument in 1939. In 1994, however, the entire chapel with tower was protected as a monument.
3. Sint-Jozef en Bernarduskerk
The Sint-Jozef and Bernarduskerk, known as the church of Lisp, is a church in Belgium, located in the province of Antwerp in the Lierse Lisp district, on Lispersteenweg 275. The church is dedicated to Maria and has Sint-Jozef and Patroons and has Sint-Jozef and Sint-Bernardus. Jan Verheyen has been the pastor on duty since 2010. It is a brick basilical cross church that is oriented to the west. The front tower has four sections and a constricted needle striker. Since 2019, the church has been referred to as architectural heritage.
4. Zimmertoren
The Zimmer tower is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's 14th-century city fortifications. In 1930, astronomer and clockmaker Louis Zimmer (1888–1970) built the Jubilee Clock, which is displayed on the front of the tower, and consists of 12 clocks encircling a central one with 57 dials. These clocks showed time on all continents, phases of the moons, times of tides and many other periodic phenomena.
5. Sint-Gummaruskerk
The Sint-Gummaruskerk is a church in the Belgian city of Lier, province of Antwerp, dedicated to Saint Gummarus van Lier. There is also a memorial framework in the church with 60 victims of the First World War. The Sint-Gummarust tower (Lier), known in Lier as "De Peperbus", is the tower of the Sint-Gummarus church. This tower is the oldest Brabant tower and was built to the plans of Hendrik Meys. The construction of the tower was started in 1378.
6. Stadhuis
The Dungelhoeff barracks was a military barracks in the city of Lier, in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The address is Baron Opsomerlaan 51, formerly Vaartlaan 47. The barracks were partly demolished, converted and with the site around it redesigned to accommodate a number of city services and private homes. The former military site and the neighborhood are now commonly called Dungelhoeff.
7. Binnenste Eeckelpoort
The Gevangenenpoort is the last remaining city gate of the original five inner gates of the first ramparts of Lier, in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The gate was founded in 1375 and from the 16th century to 1930 it served as a city prison. The bars still point to this old function. From the gate the city wall ran towards "Cornelius tower" which was also part of the city defense.
8. Stuwbrug
The Stuwbrug is a bridge over the Distraction Canal of the Nete in the city of Lier, in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The bridge is located above the weir that regulates the drainage of the water from the Distraction Canal back into the Nete. The bridge has three openings (weirholes) and is only used by cyclists and pedestrians.
9. Stadhuis Lier
The town hall of Lier is a town hall on the Grote Markt of the Belgian city of Lier located in the province of Antwerp. The ROOCOSTILE ROCOCOSTILE built up in Brabant is one of the rare examples of public buildings that are made in this architectural style.
10. Vleeshuis
Het Vleeshuis in Lier, in the Belgian province of Antwerp, is a former guild house of the butchers from 1418. Over the centuries it was successively a guild house, cloth hall, court and prison. Today it is an exhibition space awaiting a new function.
11. Heilige Familiekerk
The Holy Family Church - or simply Holy Family - is a neo -gothic parish church in the Belgian city of Lier, province of Antwerp. The church is located on the outskirts of the city on the intersection of the Berlaarsesteenweg and the Lierse Ring.
Wikipedia: Heilige Familiekerk (Lier) (NL), Heritage Website
12. Kluizekerk
The Kluizekerk is a church in the Belgian city of Lier, province of Antwerp, dedicated to Saint Gummarus van Lier. It is one of the oldest sites in Lier. In 2020, the church is out of use and is waiting for a new destination.
13. Spuihuis
The Spuihuis is the former Sashuis on the Binnenette. The building was founded on a spray lice in Lier, in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The building dates from the 16th century and celebrated its 500th birthday in 2016.
14. Heilig Hartkerk
The Heilig Hartkerk, is a modern church in the city of Lier, in the Belgian province of Antwerp. She is by architect Flor van Reeth and was built between 1937 and 1939. The church has been a protected monument since 1995.
15. Sint-Margaritakerk
The Sint-Margaritakerk, popularly known as 'Beguinage Church', is a church in the Belgian city of Lier, province of Antwerp. She is part of the Lier beguinage. The church is on the list of unesco world heritage.
16. Concertzaal Jezuïetenkerk
The Jesuit Church is a former church in the city of Lier, in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The church dates back to the 18th century. In the Jesuit church concerts and other events are regularly organized.
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