The Jongenbos is located on the transition between Kempen and (humid) Haspengouw and consists mainly of sandy loam soils, with dunes and clay in the stream valleys. In addition to poor pine and hardwood forests, there are oak forests that were planted around 1850, and stream-accompanying forests, particularly in the valley of the Winterbeek, later planted with poplars. When Willem van der Meer had the castle built in 1844-1845, trees from this forest were used for woodwork and fuel and the clay for the bricks for the castle was extracted on site because it is barely one meter deep in the subsoil here. Afterwards, a new forest planting was carried out from 1844-1848. About 70,000 trees would have been planted. Thus the name denjongen bosch arose, after which the lord of the castle would have named his house Château de Jongenbos. Until about 1950, the lord of the castle employed 100 people to maintain the forest. After that, another 30 hectares of the forest were cultivated as arable and pasture land, and the rest was no longer maintained. In 1995 the forest was purchased by the Flemish Community and the forest reserve was established.

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Location: Diepenbeek, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Jongenbos Castle – Jongenbos loop from Vliermaalroot

2. Dog Off-Leash Area – Jongenbos Forest Path loop from Beverst

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