Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke
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50°50′06″N 3°41′49″E / 50.83500°N 3.69694°E
Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke | |
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Village / Deelgemeente | |
.jpg) Church and village view | |
  Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke Location in Belgium | |
| Coordinates: 50°50′06″N 3°41′49″E / 50.83500°N 3.69694°E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Region | Flanders |
| Province | East Flanders |
| Municipality | Horebeke |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.57 km2 (1.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 541 |
| • Density | 152/km2 (390/sq mi) |
Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke is a village in the Belgian province of East Flanders and a deelgemeente (sub-municipality) of the municipality of Horebeke. It was an independent municipality until the Belgian municipal mergers of 1977. The village lies in the Vlaamse Ardennen (Flemish Ardennes) and has a hilly landscape with small wet stream valleys.
The village is first attested in the 12th century (1148). In 1155 it became a separate parish, split from Sint-Maria-Horebeke. Historically the parish patronage belonged to the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe chapter of Tournai. During the Dutch Revolt both Horebeke villages were centres for the rebel forces; a Protestant community remained present in the area.[1]
Landmarks
- The originally Early Gothic St. Cornelius Church was substantially rebuilt in the 18th century. The church houses a rococo organ (ca. 1777) by Pieter Van Peteghem that was installed in Horebeke in 1782.[2]
- The former Franciscan friary buildings date from the 18th century.
- The Hoogkoutermolen (windmill) is the only one of the three former mills to survive intact.
- Several chapels and a characteristic cobbled road known as the Haaghoek.
