Over the Peelrandbreuk and along the Vlier

The Peelrandbreuk, a geological fault line from Roermond to Heesch, which owes its name to the Peel, runs right through Deurne. The Peelrandbreuk has a major influence on the Brabant landscape. For thousands of years, it has influenced nature, the landscape and even the people who live there. The Peelrandbreuk has also influenced the location of medieval roads. Connecting roads, such as the Haageind, were constructed on the dry western side of the Peelrandbreuk.

Along these old roads you can find several castles. The Groot and Klein Kasteel in Deurne, which you walk past, are examples of this. The moats of these castles were filled by the seepage water from the Peelrandbreuk.
This walk goes via the Kasteelpark and the Heiakkerpark to the outskirts of Deurne and along the banks of the Vlier. The large drop of this stream is due to the Peelrandbreuk. The watermill at the Klein Kasteel is driven by this stream. During your walk you will sometimes see rust-coloured water in a number of places: created by the deep groundwater that comes to the surface as a sage and there -in contact with oxygen- oxidises.

The walk then continues through the countryside of Deurne to and through the church village of Zeilberg, past one of the large erratic boulders that were found here. In the Zeilberg, potters already used the water that flowed from the high side of the Peelrandbreuk (the horst) to the low side (the slenk) via so-called canne tubes in the 17th century. A few canne tubes can be admired in the visitor centre of the Ossenbeemd and were found in the vicinity of the railway crossing not far from junction 79. From the Zeilberg you walk through the Heiakkerpark and then back to the Ossenbeemd. A double row of trees in the Heiakkerpark indicates the exact location of the Peelrandbreuk. Especially in the spring, when these trees are in full bloom, a beautiful sight.

(Shortening the route: if you walk directly from junction 76 to junction 77, the route is approximately 2 km shorter).