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Trail along the Jeker

Trail along the Jeker

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Trail along the Jeker

Name: Trail along the Jeker
Rating: 2

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Location: South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Statue of Ambiorix (Tongeren) – Moerenpoort loop from Tongeren

14.2km

03:39

60m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Narrow path – Pad naast de Jeker loop from Tongeren

24.0km

06:13

150m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Beukenberg Roman Aqueduct Walk – Path beside the Jeker loop from Tongeren

13.3km

03:25

70m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Jeff S

August 28, 2022

Path that leads you next to the Jeker...

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October 12, 2024

The Jeker valley and the surrounding fertile land of Haspengouw were an important cultural landscape from an early age. Two very old cities lie on the Jeker, Tongeren and Maastricht, both of which claim to be the oldest city in their respective states. Tongeren was already a large city in Roman times and the capital of a civitas. Maastricht was still small at the time, but in the early Middle Ages it took over from Tongeren as an early Christian centre and trading post. The Jeker also played an important role later, within the walled cities as a source of relatively clean water (for the tannery and the cloth industry, among other things) and outside the city walls as an additional defence (as a city moat and as an inundation area; see, among other things, Jekerkanaal and De Kommen). In the 19th century, the river was very polluted and a danger to public health, which is why parts of the cities were covered over. Now that the water quality has improved, the Jeker has been reopened in Maastricht and Tongeren. The ability to flow naturally will be restored and fish will be able to swim upstream again in the future.

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Location: South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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Trail along the Jeker

1. Statue of Ambiorix (Tongeren) – Moerenpoort loop from Tongeren

2. Narrow path – Pad naast de Jeker loop from Tongeren

3. Beukenberg Roman Aqueduct Walk – Path beside the Jeker loop from Tongeren

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