De Bak parking lot

parking for cars and bicycles. there are also a few picnic benches. Starting point walks. Forest, fens and flowery meadows characterize the Pannenhoef, a beautiful nature reserve between Etten-Leur, Zundert, Rijsbergen and Sprundel, which is no less than 706 hectares in size. Originally there was a kind of mini-Peel here. The entire peat package was excavated in a few centuries, between 1400 and 1750. In dried form - peat - it went to the cities via peat ships, as fuel for households and breweries. The best known is the 'Turfvaart' that runs to Breda. What remained was a hilly heath with fens in the bowls. There was little to gain there, so in the 19th century the area began to be cultivated into forest and agricultural land.