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Dead wire round (5/14) 14-18 Achel - Reusel

  • Belgium
  • Flanders
  • Hamont-Achel
  • 77.99 km (Approximately 04:35 u)
  • Cycling route 934121
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Dead wire round (5/14) 14-18 Achel - Reusel

  • Belgium
  • Flanders
  • Hamont-Achel
  • 77.99 km (Approximately 04:35 u)
  • Cycling route 934121
The LF Cycling Club also wants to contribute to drawing more attention to the Death Wire from 14-18. Especially now that there is also an exhibition in the Achelse Kluis about the major explosion of the German ammunition trains at Hamont station in 1918. According to the ED, almost 30 municipalities are participating in this commemoration of the 350 km long electric border barrier in those years. The leader of a white crocus route to commemorate the death thread is the municipality of Maasmechelen, which will plant no fewer than 35,000 crocuses. At FKP 217 before the entrance to De Kluis you will find the first Death Wire reconstruction, followed by the 2nd before the Border in Bergeijk, between FKP 22 and 18 and the highway between FKP 2 and 15. On the way back you will also pass WWII memorials, after FKP 5!
For more information, see the website:grensroute.eu and for more other routes of the LF Cycling Club, see: www.fietsclubbrabant.nl

Directions

# Description Distance
St.-Benedictusabdij - De Achelse Kluis (Achelse Kluis, B-3930, Hamont-Achel, Flanders, Belgium) 0.00 km
218
 218 (Heikant, 3930, Hamont-Achel, Flanders, Belgium) 3.75 km
219
 219 (3930, Hamont-Achel, Flanders, Belgium) 4.94 km
222
 222 (3910, Pelt, Flanders, Belgium) 11.75 km
225
 225 (3920, Lommel, Flanders, Belgium) 16.46 km
Natuurpunthuis Wateringhuis (3920, Lommel, Flanders, Belgium) 18.15 km

Pause places

De Keizer eten & drinken

Postelseweg 88
5521 RD Eersel
http://www.dekeizereersel.nl

De Keizer food & drink and the adjacent Nature Gate TerSpegelt are the starting point to discover the beautiful Brabant Kempen. There are several beautiful cycling and walking routes, something for everyone. There is ample parking space right next to the nature gate. Would you like to enjoy good food & drinks after a trip through this beautiful and natural border area? De Keizer, with its sunny terrace, is the perfect location for that! Last year, De Keizer even won a prize for the most beautiful restaurant in the Netherlands. Do you want to stay for several days in the Brabant country? Then book a rental accommodation or camping pitch at TerSpegelt Recreation Park.

Sights

St.-Benedictusabdij - De Achelse Kluis

Achelse Kluis 1
B-3930 Hamont-Achel
http://www.achelsekluis.org/

The Achelse Kluis has been a place where people settle for prayer and spirituality for centuries. Even today, there are still people who go here for peace and internalization. De Kluis is located on the border of North Brabant (NE) and North Limburg (BE) on the banks of the Warmbeek (BE) / Tongelreep (NE). The beer that is brewed in the Kluis is one of the few that can call itself Trappist beer, because there are only 11 beers that can bear this title.

St. Antonius Abt


5556WP Valkenswaard
http://www.allemolens.nl

In 1987 the mill was sold to the municipality of Valkenswaard, which had it restored. In 1990 it was ready for grinding again and was used regularly again. In 1999 the mill was added to the Mill Foundation 'Sint Antonius Abt'. The mill can also be visited

Provided by:

W.J.van , Noord-Brabant