Information board The history of the Fonteyn pits
Information board The history of the Fonteyn pits
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January 11, 2026
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In 1890, he bought a piece of marshy land, in this case an old meander of the Demer River with a donk (a section that never floods). He built a villa/castle nearby, named 'Villa des Brochets'. He also recruited volunteers to dredge this marshy area with its peat pits. Because that was fuel.
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