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Observation Tower and Bomb-Crater Ponds in the Tommelen Nature Reserve

Observation Tower and Bomb-Crater Ponds in the Tommelen Nature Reserve

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Observation Tower and Bomb-Crater Ponds in the Tommelen Nature Reserve

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Natuurreservaat Tommelen

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Location: South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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Fausto

February 8, 2022

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Tommelen is a nature reserve with 110 pools. It is located at the Hasselt marshalling yard. The pools were created as a result of bomb and grenade impacts on the station during WW2. Over the years, the largest part disappeared, but 110 have been preserved. This has created a small but very diverse and unique protected nature reserve, which houses the largest population of crested newts in Flanders.
The Tommelen nature reserve is also popularly referred to as 'the boemekóóëters'.

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April 22, 2021

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"The pools in this nature reserve were created by the bombs that fell on the station in Hasselt and the surrounding area in April 1944. The Allies wanted to bomb …

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July 24, 2021

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Tommelen is a nature reserve that borders the marshalling yard and the large ring road around Hasselt. There are 110 pools in the area, which are home to the largest population of crested newts in Flanders.

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