Welcome in Godewaersvelde
Some monuments are situated in the village center. Here are few explainations to understand them.
The former station of Godewaersvelde
Around 1870, a railway is done between Poperinghe (Belgium) and Hazebrouck (France). A international train station is opened in Godewaersvelde. Two people were accomodated there, one for the stationmaster and an other for the Custom's receiver. Every passenger had to be checked by the custom's officer on a mandatory going by "the seat of visit". At this time, smuggling reached his pick and every good going out or in the national territory had to be taxed or was prohibited (matches, tobacco...).
Closed in 1970, the former railway became an hiking track and the station a primary school.
The former Van-Inghelandt brewery.
The former Van Inghelandt brewery.
Just in front of the church, it is also called the St Eloi Brewery. It may have been founded by the Van Inghelandt familly in the beginning of the 20th century, as shown by the date "1960" engraved on the workshop. The owner's mansion house as a inscription "1922" and the name of Gustave Pattein, sculptors and architects in Hazebrouck. The beer brewing stopped in 1939 and became a drink storage till 1982. Nowadays, there is no more activities.
Notice, in the corner, a carving by Gustave Pattein, figurating a basket filled with the beer's ingredients, a cast and a caldron.
Stained glass window of the church The present church is dated from 1904 and is in a neogothic style. It was built in order to replace a former beautifull flemish church that burnt in 1902.
Travail scolaire réalisé par Nicolas Dequéant , Guide Interprète National, Université du Littoral Côte D'Opale 2008-2009.