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The history of the Brouwerij De Koninck began in 1827 when Joseph Henricus De Koninck bought ‘De Plaisante Hof’, a coach house which stood on the boundary between Antwerp and Berchem. On this site there stood a stone boundary post with a sculptured hand. This boundary post can still be seen today opposite the Brouwerij De Koninck, on the corner of the Prins Albertpark and the Albertlei.
Joseph Henricus De Koninck died very young, and his widow, Elisabeth Cop remarried in 1833. Her second husband was warehouse foreman Johannes Vervliet, who decided to convert the coach house into a brewery under the name “Brouwerij De Hand”, after the sculpture on the border post. The hand has been immortalised since then in the brewery logo.
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-mike
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