Tourism Steenwerck

Steenwerck means working stone, this work was formerly involve the construction of a bridge on the riprap Becque and paths to communicate. It is likely that the founding of the village like many others in Flanders, the date of settlement of the Franks, following the Germanic invasions of the fourth and fifth centuries. The municipality is located away from the ancient land routes, there was probably a long island settlement among the woods and swamps that covered the plain of the Lys. This town has always been known for his religious practice. It is therefore not surprising to note that there is currently one hundred shrines constructed in the gabled houses and farms or broods. In addition, there are twenty five chapels scattered throughout its territory at the crossroads of the season. A circuit proposed by the Tourist Office to discover the twenty-five chapels, the oldest dating from the sixteenth century. Most have been built or rebuilt in the nineteenth and twentieth century. The trails offer beautiful views of the mountains of Cassel in Flanders Kemmel. Throughout the year the original events attract many visitors: the 100 km on foot, theme days at the Museum of Rural Life, the biennial ceramics stop the day, the Christmas market and international exposure nurseries'