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Langbos and Babbelse Plassen

Name: Langbos and Babbelse Plassen
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Location: Lint, Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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3. Schapenhagen Nature Reserve – Schapenhagen Nature Reserve loop from Kontich

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

January 11, 2023

Since time immemorial there was an elongated forest along the Babbelkroonbeek, known as the Langbos. Except for a few relics, this forest disappeared after the Second World War. At the initiative of Natuurpunt and in collaboration with private owners, this forest was replanted in the autumn of 2013 after more than 60 years of absence by schools, youth associations and numerous Kontichnaars. As a result, the forest stock with its spring flora of wood anemone and valley herb increases again to 3 ha.

The second part, the Babbelse Plassen (approximately 3.5 ha) consists of a semi-open landscape, lined with rows of pollard willows and wooded edges. In 2012, the province (Integral Water Policy Department) constructed a new water retention system here with spacious shallow pools, wide pond berms and a winding free passage of the Babbelkroonbeek. The Babbelse Plassen thus form new nature that also guarantees to protect the downstream municipality of Lint from flooding.

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The two historic forest chapels date from the 17th and 19th centuries. The unique tree monument at the first forest chapel was realized in 2014 as part of the rural project 'Extraordinary Places'.

Animals and plants
The pools are populated by frogs, salamanders and other aquatic life. Many birds such as white holes, snipes and shelducks also regularly forage here.

In spring you can enjoy the pink color palette of cuckoo flowers. Plants such as the rare brook punge and the marsh marigold grow in the wetter areas.

Source: natuurpunt.be/natuurgebied/langbos-en-babbelse-plassen

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

January 13, 2023

The landscaped decking path ensures that you can enjoy the Babbelse Plassen dry-footed. The Babbelse Plassen (approx. 3.5 ha) consists of a semi-open landscape, lined with rows of pollard willows and wooded edges. In 2012, the province (Integral Water Policy Department) constructed a new water retention system here with spacious shallow pools, wide pond berms and a winding free passage of the Babbelkroonbeek. The Babbelse Plassen thus form new nature that also guarantees to protect the downstream municipality of Lint from flooding.

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Distance 1.19 km

Uphill 10 m

Downhill 20 m

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Location: Lint, Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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