Walking route Het Stift near Weerselo

Your starting point, De Stiftsjuffer, is in a special location: in the middle of the protected village of Het Stift near Weerselo. From the fourteenth century onwards, unmarried noble ladies were provided with a good education in this monastery. Be sure to visit the Stiftskerk, which was completely rebuilt in 1600 after a fire. The attractive Stiftsplein with its majestic oak trees and beautiful buildings is also worth a visit! The Stift is now smaller than Weerselo itself, but the village emerged from the monastery. You walk to a Maria chapel, which was founded after the Second World War by the female youth movement Weerselo. Around 1950, local residents decided that the chapel needed to be larger. Jacob Maris made the sandstone statue, which represents Our Lady of the Stift: a seated, caring mother figure in Twente traditional costume.