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Oude Jeker Waterway

Oude Jeker Waterway

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Oude Jeker Waterway

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Location: South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Alden Biesen Gatehouse – Sunken Lanes loop from Bilzen

60.3km

03:41

410m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Grote Markt Tongeren – Statue of Ambiorix loop from Glons

23.6km

01:24

100m

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Terhove Castle – Path Along the Geer loop from Crisnée

35.0km

02:05

230m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Oliver🌍

May 18, 2023

The valley of the Jeker and the surrounding fertile land of the Haspengouw was an important cultural landscape from an early age. On the Jeker are two very old cities, 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 the place of Tongeren as an early Christian center and trading place. The Jeker also played an important role later on, within the walled cities as a source of relatively clean water (including for the tannery and the cloth industry) and outside the city walls as an extra defense (as a city moat and as an inundation area; see Jeker Canal and De Kommen, among others). ). In the 19th century, the river, especially in Maastricht, was heavily polluted and a danger to public health, after which parts were covered over. Due to the construction of the Liège-Maastricht Canal (ca. 1850) and the Maasboulevard (ca. 1960), the mouth of the Maas had to be moved twice.

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Location: South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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Oude Jeker Waterway

1. Alden Biesen Gatehouse – Sunken Lanes loop from Bilzen

2. Grote Markt Tongeren – Statue of Ambiorix loop from Glons

3. Terhove Castle – Path Along the Geer loop from Crisnée

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