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Aldeneik
Sign in to saveAldeneik, founded in 730, is a suburb of the Belgian town of Maaseik. It lies on the left bank of the river Meuse, close to the border with the Netherlands, close to where the Bosbeek runs off it. According to legend it sprung up around a monastery set up by the Frankish sisters Herlindis and Relindis, who wrote the Gospel book known as the Codex Eyckensis, still in Maaseik. The settlement contains the Romanesque and Gothic Sint-Annakerk.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in BE, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Aldeneik is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Belgium, Netherlands and list of sovereign states.
It is catalogued under topics including Angelic apparitions, Populated places in Limburg (Belgium) and The Devil in legend.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Maaseik
- Image
- Kerk aldeneik.jpg
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Aldeneik, founded in 730, is a suburb of the Belgian town of Maaseik. It lies on the left bank of the river Meuse, close to the border with the Netherlands, close to where the Bosbeek runs off it. According to legend it sprung up around a monastery set up by the Frankish sisters Herlindis and Relindis, who wrote the Gospel book known as the Codex Eyckensis, still in Maaseik. The settlement contains the Romanesque and Gothic Sint-Annakerk.
== Foundation legends ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aldeneik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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