The spot where the church now stands has been a place of meaning and religion for hundreds of years. Originally, this was a Saxon place of sacrifice. The large boulder that lies in front of the church was probably used as a sacrificial stone. There is a legend about this that tells of a young man who was to be sacrificed here and that Saint Lebuïnus prevented this.
Between 750 and 762, the missionaries Lebuïnus and Marcellinus are said to have founded a Christian church here. The wooden chapel was replaced shortly after 1200 by a building made of iron masonry. It is not entirely clear whether the tower was also built in the thirteenth century or only in the fifteenth century with stones that were freed up by a major rebuilding. The baptismal font present in the church does date from the thirteenth century. The church was dedicated to Lambert of Maastricht until 1610[1].
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