Steel Bridge and Bunker at Russendorp
Road Cycling Highlight (Segment)
Recommended by 83 out of 86 road cyclists
This Highlight goes through a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Nationaal Park Bosland
Location: Lommel, Maaseik, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium
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Bunker at Bridge over the canal towards RussendorpRussendorp is located in a tapering piece of Bergeijkse Heide that used to belong to the former Dutch municipality of Luyksgestel, but was exchanged with Belgium in 1843 for a strip of the Bladelse Heide. A small settlement arose of people who started to cultivate the heath there, but were so far removed from their villages that they built temporary homes of sod, consisting of rushes. These rush or pitrus sods are called 'Russians' in Dialect. So the name has nothing to do with inhabitants of Russia.Russendorp nowadays partly falls into the municipality of Lommel en Mol.
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•June 21, 2023
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