Baggaertshof is located in the old town (in the Overbeke district) of the Belgian city of Kortrijk. It dates from the first half of the seventeenth century and

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The Baggaertshof is located in the old town (in the Overbeke district) of the Belgian city of Kortrijk. It dates from the first half of the seventeenth century and is a whole of medieval houses, a chapel and a medicinal herb garden. The whole is now a protected monument and is also called 'the second beguijnhof of Kortrijk'.

History: The Baggaertshof was founded in 1638 by Josijne Baggaert who set up 13 houses for needy women. She was the daughter of a wealthy Kortrijk weaver merchant and ships of the city, Willem Baggaert and his wife, Mayken van Welsenaers. These houses are arranged together with the chapel around a rectangular courtyard. Initially it was called Bagaertshof 't Olmeke or the Saint Joseph houses. Inside is a chapel in which there is a miraculous O.L.V. statue, originating from the chapel Ten Olme. A painting in the chapel reminds of the miracle. It was used against nerve diseases, seizures, fever and other camel. There is also a pump, a toilet and thirteen houses, which were inhabited until about 1970. The whole of "thirte houses and chapel with its garden in the Stampaertshoek...