The castles around the Bolderberg

Houthalen-Helchteren, Flanders, Belgium

Cycling route: 131078

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31.7 km
01:52 h
559 kcal
60 m

Description

It is a tough climb to the top of the approximately sixty meter high Bolderberg. The Bolderberg is located in a beautiful nature reserve and is covered with a layer of iron sand, boulders and forests. A large part of the mountain belongs to Vogelsanck Castle, while the other has been designed as a nature reserve by the Limburgs Landschap manager. This area is part of the larger Laambeek Valley and covers almost 70 hectares.
The Gust Claesheide, which is also located on the Bolderberg, is one of these. In the east-west direction the witness hill is still fairly flat, but towards the north Bolderberg is steep. At the foot of that slope are the Terlaemen ponds, which belong to Terlaemen Castle. At the bottom of the steeply sloping hill you will find areas of wet heath and raised bogs. Peat fluff, flounder and gale grow here and the tree frog lives in the seepage water. There is another notable castle in Heusden. This building was originally a large country house and was first mentioned as the Hof van Boeckt in 1385. The name Milandt appeared for the first time in 1603 and was thus corrupted to the current Meylandt. In 1715 the Theux family acquired the house. One of the first Belgian prime ministers owned the building. Berthélémy de Theux de Meylandt renovated the luxurious country house in 1842 and in 1907, Count Albert de Theux de Meylandt gave the castle its current neo-classical appearance. The coach house was also built that year. In 1959, more than two centuries after the Theux family became owners of Meylandt Castle, they relinquished it and the municipality of Heusden bought the beautiful building. Around the castle you will find a public park with fishing ponds. The statue in the park is Barthélémy de Theux. It was placed there in 1994.
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Directions

# Description Distance
Toerisme Houthalen-Helchteren (Pastorijstraat, 3530, Houthalen-Helchteren, Flanders, Belgium) 0.00 km
300
300 (Kolverenstraat, 3520, Zonhoven, Flanders, Belgium) 4.66 km
301
301 (3520, Zonhoven, Flanders, Belgium) 6.38 km
93
93 (Goorstraat, 3511, Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium) 12.39 km
302
302 (3550, Heusden-Zolder, Flanders, Belgium) 15.06 km
303
303 (3550, Heusden-Zolder, Flanders, Belgium) 16.73 km

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