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Oostkerke is one of the oldest church communities of West
Flanders, and for some time the communities of Damme, Moerkerke, Westkapelle and Lapscheure were within the Oostkerke parish. According to legend, the Irish hermit and saint
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placed the relics of his body in a shrine in 1159. The church's graveyard may still have graves from the 14th and 15th centuries. During the
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and two windmills, and several canals are also nearby. In 1974 Oostkerke was voted the most beautiful village in West
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the saint's relics were scattered, and only one tooth survived. The church was destroyed at the end of
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The small village center is surrounded by old whitewashed houses. Nearby there is
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