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Location: Bornem, Mechelen, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Castle d'Ursel – Idyllic resting place loop from Wintam

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2. Hingenewiel – Castle d'Ursel loop from Warande

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3. Castle d'Ursel – Lock on the Old Scheldt loop from Hingene

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Dominiek Van Dooren

April 21, 2025

The wheel is privately owned, but you walk right past it (on the Victor De Witstraat). No one knows for sure how the Hingenewiel was formed. We know that the Spierenbroek flooded around 1552. After failed attempts to close the Spierenbroekgat, the other polders flooded in November 1554, because the pladderdijk broke. We suspect that this is how the Hingenewiel was formed. A pladderdijk is a cross dike that runs from the stream through the polder (so not along the river). This large wheel was originally even larger, probably the Ketelwiel used to be part of this wheel. In the middle of this wheel was an island with a tower on it. The Hingenewiel became smaller due to natural silting up. Kingfisher, grebe, coot, moorhen, gadwall and shelduck breed here, among other things. But you can also admire fire damselfly, ostrich fern and yellow water lily here. (Regional Landscape Schelde-Durme)

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

July 27, 2021

Silent witness of the dyke failure period 1551 - 1554. For example, several collar wheels can be found in the polder landscape. Water features are now used recreationally by anglers.

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Location: Bornem, Mechelen, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

Hingenewiel

1. Castle d'Ursel – Idyllic resting place loop from Wintam

2. Hingenewiel – Castle d'Ursel loop from Warande

3. Castle d'Ursel – Lock on the Old Scheldt loop from Hingene

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