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+32 89 44 04 44 info@connecterra.be www.connecterra.be

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Zetellaan z/n, 3630 MAASMECHELEN

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Hoge Kempen National Park

The only National Park in Belgium! If you want to fill your lungs with fresh air, this is the place for you!
The six gateways are the ideal starting places from where you can explore the National Park and all it has to offer!

In the Mechelse Heide, nature speaks for itself: beautiful heathland as far as the eye can see! Or would you rather climb the mining-stone hills in Connecterra to enjoy a breath-taking panorama? Relive the noble past in the moated castle in Pietersheim or visit the children's farm with playground. In Kattevennen, you can sit back and let yourself be carried away by the 360° projections in the Cosmodrome, while a barefoot trip in Lieteberg will never leave you disappointed! If you’re bringing bikes, then Station As is your ideal starting point.

The National Park with its dark green forests, vast heathland and shimmering fens invites you to go out on a hike. You can choose from 51 signposted loops, which start at the six gateways. They are easy to combine thanks to the hiking switches. Did you know that two walks in Pietersheim carry a Premium quality label? If you’ve still got some energy left, then why don’t you have a go at the long-distance hike of 75 km?

We’re confident that cyclists and mountain bikers, too, will find what they are looking for here! Thanks to the network of cycling tracks, you can easily create your own route. Mountain bikers have the choice of 10 signposted loops, ranging from 16 to 80 km, all varying in difficulty.

We even have a whole network of trails for horse riders. With clear signs and clear maps, you will never lose your way!

Would you like to strike out with a local? Every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, a Ranger sets off from one of the gateways. Groups can also book their own Rangers online.

By the way, did you know that the Hoge Kempen National Park and the surrounding mining sites are candidates for recognition as UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

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At the crossroads of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, Maasmechelen Village is home to more than 100 boutiques offering leading local and international brands at reduced prices all year round. Brands like Guess, Escada, Karen Millen, Ted Baker, UGG® and Swarovski are available with savings up to 60% on the recommended retail price. Shopping is a real pleasure here thanks to the spacious 21st-century village-style setting that lends itself to a relaxed and stress-free atmosphere. And with glorious countryside, picturesque villages, historic cities and fine gastronomic heritage nearby, make your visit to Maasmechelen Village part of a longer stay in the region. With more than 1600 free parking spaces and less than an hour's drive from Brussels, Antwerp, Düsseldorf, Cologne and Maastricht, this relaxed and sophisticated shopping haven is easily accessible.

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The Kruinenpad

As of the dike of the Zuid-Willemsvaart, you will leave for a unique adventure, literally being ‘a high-level experience’. The Tree Crown Path passes through the crowns of the trees and is a real elevated bridge installed in the mine subsidence area. This unique trail provides a privileged view of the remarkable consequences of the mine subsidence in a beautiful setting. But your eyes will also be popping out of your head with all those birds and insects between the trees. The Kruinenpad is 181 meters long.

The Kruinenpad is located between cycling junctions 48 and 55.
Do you want to discover the Kruinenpad on foot? Follow the red-blazed trail (14km) from RivierPark Maasvallei, departing from Leut.

Do you want to visit The Kruinenpad by car? Park in parallel at the end of Kerkhofstraat in Eisden-Dorp and walk towards the canal dyke. Attention! Do not park past the barrier even if it is open.

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Open every day, from sunrise till sunset.

Tevhid Moskee - Tevhid Moskee

Tevhid Moskee

In 1964 the Turkish miners came together on the Paul Lambert Avenue in a wooden building. Now here is a nice building with minaret. This is a tower from which the imam calls the faithful to prayer. At the back of the mosque you see a bulge. This is the niche where the imam stands for leading the prayers. This nis is facing towards the East, in the direction of Mecca.

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The House was built in 1912 for the mine Director; They got the classic place, opposite the main entrance of the mine. When the demise of the mining shafts, turned out to be unsuitable for the place remained for the directors House preserved. the first Director-Manager that this property involved was the Walloon mining engineer Adolphe Demeure. Now this building is located in Restaurant de Mangerie and business House. Behind the former Director's home is the forest park, an area of five hectares consisting of trees and flowers.

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On 16 October 1922 brought her Majesty Queen Elisabeth Eisdense a visit to the Garden District. The descent of the Queen in the mine at the time made such an impression on the people that built a park with the statue of the Queen. The image is of white Carrara marble, In the Queen's park is also a kiosk where numerous events take place

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Museum van de Mijnwerkerswoning

The Museum of the miner's House is in the heart of the old garden district around the former pit Limburg Maas. The double House was built in 1925 and is a fine example of the English ' garden city-architecture '.

Eisden Tuinwijk en het mijnverleden - Eisden Tuinwijk

Eisden Tuinwijk en het mijnverleden

Discover the Garden District and my Eisdense monuments. Who goes in search of the Eisdense my past discovered as racy as different tracks. As exclamation marks she straightened up in a story that remained after the mine closure, when the total demolition of the my heritage had already been concluded, threatened to be wiped out. A mijnsité who with her facades the architectural culmination of the residential areas: the old cités. Four restored and reused my buildings, a directors-and then in a miner's cottage, which statues, each for its own period in the Visual Arts and a castle ... an offer that, against his background, not uniform however can be more varied.

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The parish church was built by the order of Saint Barbara the mine company and was designed by architect Auguste Van nieuwenborg from Uccle. It is dedicated to Saint Barbara, patron saint of the miners. the Church was built in neo-Gothic style as a building filled with brick walls of reinforced skeleton show. The Church is 56 metres long and has a 53 metre high tower. The red and blue in the beautiful stained glass Windows was initiated on the red and blue in the glass windows of the Cathedral of Chartres.
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Mill "new life" is a half open standard mill dating from 1801 who belonged to the domain property of the family Vilain XIIII. In 1920, the mill property of the coal mine E and still later the mill was purchased by the municipality of Maasmechelen. She was already in 1945 as a monument protected and belonged to the oldest windmill type. The mill was thoroughly restored In 1995. Miller Albert Venn keeps the mill running.

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Standbeeld "De Putmannen"

The Putmannen ' is the name of the monument that shows off on the church square in tribute to the 251 miners who perished in the mine of Eastwood, during (or because of) their work. It is a design of the Eisdense artist Vandana Gandhi. He designed a hollow, rectangular column on a low pedestal, with two open walls, which a passage, port or elevator cage ' create ' with a glass floor above a deep ' put '. Referring to the mine; the surface.

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Kapel van Mazenhoven

The chapel Vilain XIIII in mazenhoven symbolizes the wealth of the region. Above the portal still show off the coats of arms of the families. From the chapel you have a very beautiful panoramic views over the river Maas.

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Struinnatuurgebied Maesbempder Greend - Mazenhoven

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Hiking : Mechelse Heide

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The carnival museum shows the history of the carnival in Maasmechelen again. The scope and variety of this collection is reflected in the displayed attributes, pictures, posters, pictures and beautiful costumes.

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The hiking booklet leads you along the floodplain of the river Maas in Uikhoven. You can reach large dikes and roads of abandoned fields. It gives the wonderful flora and fauna, with typical valleys of the Meuse. You you face a beautiful and picturesque village of centres. But most importantly, you should enjoy a piece rich in folklore, typical of the Maasmechelse Church Kotem and Uikhoven villages. Five legends are essential in the brochure. You can find them on the panels of information along the route. It is also worth to make a small loop or the trail 7 km walk to work.

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Wandelgebied Station As

The hiking routes of ‘Station As’ will show you the typical landscape of the ‘Hoge Kempen’. The vast heather fields of yore have been replaces by pine forests and farm land. Still, there are some beautiful areas that will give you an idea of the former heather, like ‘Bosheide’, or ‘Driebanken’. The ‘Dilserbos’ and the ‘Lanklaarderbos’ will challenge your courage with some sturdy slopes of the ‘Kempens Plateau’.

The history of Limburg as a mining area has left its traces in the landscape. Old forests, country roads and homesteads will paint you a picture of the past. As an added bonus, 2 hiking routes take you through the enchanting landscape of the valley of the ‘Bosbeek’, an area with soft sloping hills, humid swamps and clear water of the ‘Bosbeek’.

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Wandelen in Duinengordel: Oudsberg

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Nature tasting

Have a guide take you on a special tour to discover all of the tasty treats found in nature (including taste samples!).

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Museumpharmacy

At the Groenplaats in Oud-Rekem, the most beautiful village in Flanders, there is an attractive building from 1820. Part of this building is furnished as a museum pharmacy with a doctor's cabinet. It was once the private pharmacy of a doctor who made his own medicine. At the time, a doctor was also a surgeon, dentist, gynecologist and even coroner.

You will not only see shelves full of pots filled with products from the 19th century, but you will even find an original delivery chair, delivery bars and coroner material in the doctor's old office. Continue your way under the guidance of an experienced guide and discover a collection of glass stones and pots, scales, measuring and mixing cups, medical books and so on!

We owe the original state of this to the Humblé family, which housed the drugstore annex pharmacy from the 19th century. In 1891 there came a doctor's practice from Dr Gerard Humblé. His son, Dr. Fans Humblé, continued the practice until 1970. In 1985 the content of the practice was transferred to VZW Renovatie Rekem.

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The main building on the Groenplaats is the baroque Sint-Pieterskerk. In 1704, Count Ferdinand d’Aspremont-Lynden of Reckheim signed an agreement with the Bishop of Liège, stating that he was allowed to demolish the parish church on the castle estate, provided that he would build a new one elsewhere.

A number of farms on the Groenplaats were expropriated to free up space for the construction of a new church. Work commenced that same year. However, the count did not keep his promise. As soon as the choir and part of the nave were ready, he stopped the works due to lack of money. The actual reason was an old feud between the clergy and the count family.

The church remained unfinished until 1722, the year in which pastor Maghin was appointed pastor van Rekem. The latter was very pleased that Countess Antonia, a sister of Count Ferdinand, was prepared to intervene financially, so that the construction work could be resumed. Unfortunately, the church was not spared from disaster afterwards. In 1755 a fire broke out in the small town of Reckheim and together with 21 houses the church partially burned down. After the difficult start of 1704, the church now remained as a ruin until it was put back into use in 1774.

Because the church became too small years later due to the increasing number of parishioners from Rekem and Visé, a larger church was built in 1956 in the Kleinveld. After being the center of Rekem's parochial life for two centuries, the old parish church was taken over by the city council in the same year to be converted into a museum.

Under the motto "church becomes church again", the interior was restored to its original form and after a thorough restoration in 2015, it can now be admired in all its glory.

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Treasury of Saint-Catherine's Church

SS Harlindis and Relindis lived in idyllic Aldeneik, where their father Adelhard founded a convent for them in the 8th century. Valuable art treasures from this period, such as Anglo-Saxon textiles (the oldest surviving examples ot their kind) and Codex Eyckensis (the oldest illuminated manuscript in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg), were donated to this convent. In 1571 these precious objects were transferred to St Catherina's Church, where they are on show to visitors along with many other treasures: a silver altar cross by Maaseik-born Frederik Malders (17th century), several early medieval reliquaries...

Windmolen De Hoop - Windmolen de Hoop

Windmolen De Hoop

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VIllage walk through Oud-Rekem

A 2 kilometer walk along the 'Paters' church, the old distillery Senden, the water mill, the Ucoverpoort with drost house, the Old God square, the old courthouse, a lot of beautiful private houses and the castle d'Aspremont-Lynden. You follow the nails on the pavement. Informations boards from glass against the outer wall give you more background information. Use the handy walking brochure that you can buy in the tourist office center!

Landbouwmuseum "de Nostalgie" - Landbouwmuseum

Landbouwmuseum "de Nostalgie"

The aim of the farming "nostalgia" is to go back in time and get acquainted with the hard, everyone back but also beautiful peasant life of the past. Even ordinary life was in the museum portrayed. Who knows how to separate the wheat from the chaff, how they milked cows or tractors which there is reason in the field? Some things that Ivo Smeets has found are recognizable but forget others, even of the 19th century.

André Dumont Monument - Monument Andre Dumont As

André Dumont Monument

Heiderbos - heiderbos

Heiderbos

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