Open Churches Days at
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Tenhemelopneming
Diestersteenweg 210
3510 Kermt (Hasselt)
Church | 1220 | Romanesque, Gothic, Classical | Catholic Church
Free visit
7 June 2026 : 10.30 - 12.30 and 13.00 - 17.00Local historical society provides information about the past, celebrations and events in the church and its surroundings.
Price
FreeContact
Thoelen Jan+32 473 49 06 12
kerkfabriek.kermt@gmail.com
More about this church
Description
The church was founded by Herkenrode Abbey around 1220.
Only the lower part of the tower remains of this first Romanesque church. The upper part dates from 1512 (date above the clock) and was built in Gothic style.
Around 1770, the church at that time was replaced by a classicist one (the current nave). The transept arms and the choir, in neoclassical style, date from the enlargement of the church in 1911.
The current church is a pseudo-basilica with the following floor plan: square W. tower, flanked on the S. side by a portal (XVIII B), a three-aisled nave of six bays with a transept in the sixth bay and a choir of two straight bays with a semicircular closure, flanked by two chapels, the northern one being the former sacristy; recent sacristy to the north.
(From the Architectural Heritage Inventory).
