Aldeneik
Village in Flemish Region, Belgium
title: "Aldeneik" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-limburg-(belgium)", "the-devil-in-legend", "angelic-apparitions"] description: "Village in Flemish Region, Belgium" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-limburg-belgium" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldeneik" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Village in Flemish Region, Belgium ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Aldeneik |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | File:Kerk aldeneik.jpg |
| image_caption | St Anna Church |
| pushpin_map | Belgium |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Belgium |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_type3 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name | Belgium |
| subdivision_name1 | Flemish Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Limburg |
| subdivision_name3 | Maaseik |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 4.81 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 1,401 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone | CET |
| coordinates | |
| :: |
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Aldeneik, founded in 730, is a suburb of the Belgian town of Maaseik. It lies on the left bank of the river Meuse, close to the border with the Netherlands, close to where the Bosbeek runs off it. According to legend it sprung up around a monastery set up by the Frankish sisters Herlindis and Relindis, who wrote the Gospel book known as the Codex Eyckensis, still in Maaseik. The settlement contains the Romanesque and Gothic Sint-Annakerk.
Foundation legends
Devil
The Devil saw the sisters writing the Codex and could do nothing to stop them, until he had the idea of blowing out their candles. However, an angel came and re-lit them.
The sticking stone
Op een zekere dag deelde de kruisheer van Maaseik de hosties uit in de kerk. Op een zeker moment was er wat rumoer achterin de zaal. Hij vroeg wat er was. Enkele bewoners van de stad scholden een oude vrouw uit voor heks en riepen dat ze de kerk en de stad moest verlaten. De kruisheer had medelijden met haar en zei dat ze de communie mocht komen halen, om te bewijzen dat ze geen heks was. Hij legde de hostie op haar tong en hield haar mond enkele seconden dicht, om te voorkomen dat ze hem zou aanraken. Toen iedereen dacht dat ze de hostie had doorgeslikt, liet hij haar kaak los. De hostie viel er weer uit. Ze wou hem oprapen, maar haar vinger plakten aan de grond. Snel raapte de kruisheer de hostie op en de heks werd verbrand op de markt van Maaseik.
Gallery
Willibrordusput.jpg|7th century baptistery built by Willibrord on the site of a shrine to Wōden Kapel harlindis en relindis.jpg|The chapel (ca. 2018) in Aldeneik, consecrated by Herlindis and Relindis Kapel harlindis en relindis (03), Sint-Harlindis en Relindiskapel (Aldeneik).jpg|The chapel in August 2022
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