Sint-Pieters-Voeren
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 Belgium
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| Region : | Flanders | ||
| Province : | Limburg | ||
| District : | Tongeren | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 44 ' N , 5 ° 49' E | ||
| Post Code: | 3791 | ||
| Prefix: | 04 | ||
Sint-Pieters-Voeren is a village in the Belgian municipality of Voeren in the province of Limburg and the smallest Voer village.
Worth seeing
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The place is known for its coming. Daniel de Fouron donated the castle and the surrounding land to the order commander of Alden Biesen Castle when he joined the Teutonic Order on June 25, 1242 .
From then on, Sint-Pieters-Voeren was a direct fiefdom of the Empire. The Grand Master exercised jurisdiction. He appointed mayors, lay judges, judicial officers, bailiffs and issued police ordinances and municipal law.
Until the French Revolution, the castle belonged to the order of knights. At the beginning of the 17th century, the current building was built in the Maasland Renaissance style.
In the park of the castle is the source of the Voer, which feeds the ponds of the oldest fish farm in Belgium and the Voer with water (approx. 4,000 liters / minute). In the ponds, trout and sturgeon are raised by hand, as they were more than a century ago. Fish farm products can be enjoyed directly at the castle pond.
Opposite the coming one is the church of Sint-Pieters-Voeren. The small village church of Sint-Pieters-Stoelkerk was built around 1660 on behalf of commander Willem Quaedt van Beek. His tombstone is right at the entrance to the walled cemetery that surrounds the church.
Outside the village, in the direction of Sint-Martens-Voeren, stands the Sint-Annakapel (St. Anne's Chapel), built around 1730 and listed as a historical monument.
