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Luchteren, Gent — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Luchteren is the rural parish of Drongen in Gent, where the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, a school and one café share the Gavergrachtstraat.
About Luchteren
Where to stay in Luchteren
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No hotel sign hangs on Gavergrachtstraat. Trade in the parish runs along the Antoon Catriestraat, the Boskeetstraat and the Beekstraat, and none of it is lodging, so the practical base is Drongen-centrum beside Station Drongen or the Baarle motorway exit. Both sit a short ride from the Heiebreestraat lanes.
Luchteren suits you if the Rijkegasthuisbos path and a beer at De Gloriette outrank a hotel lobby.
About Luchteren
What are the main landmarks in Luchteren?
The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk began in 1861 as the chapel of a convent at Gavergrachtstraat 97-101, and the brick single-nave church still carries its roof turret and a statue of Mary in a wall niche. Rijckhof stands moated on the Beekstraat. Its farmhouse dates from the later 18th century, and the Onroerend Erfgoed inventory puts the dovecote at 1931 rather than in the same century.
IJzeren Hekken carries the year 1717 in its front. Walkers reach Kasteel De Campagne and its park along the Heiebreestraat.
What is the history of Luchteren?
Luchteren grew slowly as farmland attached to Drongen. Charles van den Bogaerde-de Lens and his kin put up the convent, the chapel and the priest's house in 1861-1862, and a primary school followed on the Gavergrachtstraat in 1867. Subdivision filled parts of the parish through the twentieth century.
A V1 flying bomb fell in a meadow on that same street during the Second World War, and the crater it left still marks the ground.
Where is Luchteren?
Luchteren reaches from Drongen-centrum out to Merendree and Landegem, with the Kalebeek and the Oude Kale bounding its Slindonk hamlet.
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Updated September 2026