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Homeles Pond

Name: Homeles Pond
Rating: 2

Recommended by 61 hikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Natuurreservaat De Maten

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Location: Genk, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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1. De Wijers: De Maten - starting point Slagmolen (red)

9.86km

02:30

20m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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4.6

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2. De Maten Nature Reserve – De Maten Nature Reserve loop from Termien

6.29km

01:36

20m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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4.4

(23)

114

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3. De Maten Nature Reserve – Bokrijk Castle loop from Bokrijk

22.8km

05:51

90m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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An 🇧🇪

July 20, 2024

The name Maten is related to the English "meadows". The area is part of De Wijers, a pond complex on the transition from the Kempen Plateau to the Demer valley. On the poor sandy soils of the Kempen, fish farming was a source of extra proteins. As early as the Middle Ages, series of ponds were constructed using simple cross dikes in the valley. The overflow from one pond simultaneously forms the supply for the next pond. For the ponds in De Maten, the Stiemerbeek valley was dammed several times. As fish farming became more intensive in the first half of the twentieth century, many ponds were given separate inlets and outlets. In De Maten, you can still find a mix of both systems. Water management is therefore a complicated part of the management of one of the oldest nature reserves in Flanders.

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Katrien

July 19, 2023

With information board about the different types of birds that you can find in De Maten.

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Location: Genk, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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Homeles Pond

1. De Wijers: De Maten - starting point Slagmolen (red)

2. De Maten Nature Reserve – De Maten Nature Reserve loop from Termien

3. De Maten Nature Reserve – Bokrijk Castle loop from Bokrijk

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