Hoogeloon: Kabouter Kyriepad

Come and discover the Kabouter Kyriepad in Hoogeloon. Bring your boots or waterproof hiking boots

The path runs along the banks of the Kleine Beerze and is decorated with various discovery games for children. But they are of course also fun for grown-ups...

The path also passes the site of Roman axes and other objects.

In short, a beautiful route of approximately 4.5 km for young and old.

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Kabouterkoning Kyrie is a character who appears in several sagas and is a statue of the same name by Wim Gubbels from 1985. The statue is located on Valensplein in the center of the Dutch town of Hoogeloon, which is also, according to the gnome stories, the place where the gnome king would be buried.

A village pump has been placed with a statue for Gnome King Kyrie on the Valensplein in Hoogeloon. This happened in 1985 when the Valensplein was reopened.

B&B Arbores is located on the corner of Valensplein.

According to old local gnome stories, the Gnome King Kyrie was the leader of gnomes who lived in the Kempen. These gnomes had their headquarters in Hoogeloon. From Hoogeloon, the gnome folk regularly undertook trips in the area. According to tradition, the Gnome King Kyrie lived on the Kerkakkers in the Kaboutersberg, one of the burial mounds, located in the heath of Hoogeloon.

The gnomes in the Kempen were helpful creatures who mainly helped the farmers and houses in the area. They mainly did this at night and absolutely did not want to be watched by people. If people did this, they were punished by the gnomes. A story tells of a curious farmer who had secretly spied on the gnomes and then became blind in one eye.

Death of King Kyrie

One day, Gnome King Kyrie was hit by a gunshot from a hunter in the Riethoven moor. Gnome King Kyrie just had the strength to walk into the Devil's Mountain, where an entire gnome people lived. Curious, the hunter went to look at the mountain and heard the sad leprechauns say: Kyrie is dead! Gnome King Kyrie had died of his injuries immediately after arriving in the Devil's Mountain. The sad news that their Gnome King had died quickly spread among all the Gnomes. Gnome king Kyrie was buried by the gnomes somewhere in Hoogeloon. After the death of their king, the gnomes have left the region with an unknown destination. Since then, no one has heard or seen a gnome in the Kempen.