St. Catherine’s Church
St. Catherine's Church in Hoogstraten, Belgium, was built between 1525 and 1550 by order of Antoon van Lalaing and Elisabeth van Culemborg, Count and Countess of the County of Hoogstraten.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Hoogstraten, Belgium
- Also known as: “Sint-Catharinakerk”, “Sint-Catharinakerk, Hoogstraten”, “St. Catherine’s Church, Hoogstraten”, “St. Katharinakerk”, “St. Katharinakerk (Hoogstraten)”, and “St. Katharinakerk, Hoogstraten”
- Address: Vrijheid 153, Hoogstraten
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Béguinage of Hoogstraten and Salm-Salm Molen.
Béguinage of Hoogstraten
Protected area
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Béguinage of Hoogstraten is a protected area, which is situated 290 metres northeast of St. Catherine’s Church.
Salm-Salm Molen
Windmill
Photo: ReneeWrites, CC BY 4.0.
Salm-Salm Molen is a windmill, which is situated 1 km north of St. Catherine’s Church.
Sint-Clemenskerk
Church
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sint-Clemenskerk is a church, which is situated 2 km north of St. Catherine’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minderhout and Wortel.
Minderhout
Village
Minderhout is a village in the Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten in the province of Antwerp close to the border with the Netherlands. As of 2021, it has about 4,420 inhabitants.
Wortel
Village
Wortel is a village in the Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten. As of 2021, it has 1,844 inhabitants. The toponym means carrot or root in Dutch. Wortel was established in the early 19th century by the Society of Benevolence as a farming colony for the able-bodied working poor.
Meer
Village
Meer is a village in the Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten in the province of Antwerp. As of 2021, it has 3,542 inhabitants. Meer is situated 5 km north of St. Catherine’s Church.
St. Catherine’s Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Hoogstraten, Arrondissement of Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.40091° or 51° 24′ 3″ northLongitude
4.76194° or 4° 45′ 43″ eastOpen location code
9F36CQ26+9QOpenStreetMap ID
way 129700857OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q2693938
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Italian—“St. Catherine’s Church” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Katerina kilsəsi (Hooqstraten)”
- Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Katerina kilsəsi”
- Czech: “kostel svaté Kateřiny v Hoogstratenu”
- Dutch: “Sint-Katharinakerk (Hoogstraten)”
- Dutch: “Sint-Katharinakerk”
- Dutch: “St. Katharinakerk (Hoogstraten)”
- French: “Église Sainte-Catherine de Hoogstraten”
- French: “église Sint-Katharina de Hoogstraten”
- German: “Katharinenkirche (Hoogstraten)”
- German: “Katharinenkirche”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Caterina”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Caterina”
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