After almost 90 years, the forest house was demolished to make way for a ‘wind shed’ as a storage place for the equipment of the ANB forest management (suitably integrated into the forest environment).

The Forest House was built in the 1930s as a hunting lodge. The bronze fire bell is a reminder of this. It was used to call the hunters together after the hunt. In 1936, the Belgian state bought a large part of the Buggenhout forest. The hunting lodge became the forest ranger's house. Three generations of forest rangers have lived there. The last one left the house in the summer of 2012.

With the demolition of the Forest House, the existing red-brown beech avenue forms a new entrance to the forest. The entrance is opposite the municipal car park, which relieves the forest car park at the forest chapel and allows forest visitors to spread out more.

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Dominiek Van Dooren

February 4, 2023

“Originally, the forest house was built as a country estate and hunting lodge during the period when the Buggenhoutbos was privately owned,” says retired forester Gustaaf Van Gucht. “In 1936, the Belgian State bought the largest part (142 ha) of Buggenhoutbos. This is how the forest house came under the management of the board of 'Waters en Bossen'. Between 1936 and 2012, 3 consecutive forest rangers were employed by the forest management. In 2020, it was decided to demolish the building, partly because of the estimated renovation costs that were too high.”

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Patrick Van Dyck

February 26, 2023

From the start you know where you will end up.

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