Opwijk
Opwijk is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Mazenzele and Opwijk proper. On January 1, 2012, Opwijk had a total population of 13,990. The total area is 19.69 km2 which gives a population density of 690 inhabitants per km2.
Places of interest
Built heritage
- The church of Saint-Paul
- The monastery of the sisters of Saint-Vincentius a Pauo
Places of commemoration
- At the cemetery, against a red beech, a monument commemorates the fallen soldiers of World War I. Besides a lot of veterans are buried here.
Other heritage
- The garden of the notary house of . Today the garden is part of a school. Only a few trees are left over, such as a beautiful weeping beech.
- The garden of ''. In 2007 most of the park was destroyed, except a few trees such as a big horse chestnut.
Parks
- The central park 'Hof ten Hemelrijk' or in English 'court of heaven' with lawn, a pond and trees. In 2018 a lime tree was planted as a peace tree for the commemoration of the end of World War I.
- The small 'Processiepark'. In this parks there is a tree circle of red beeches with two trees that fused together in a special way.