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Location: Kortenberg, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Pond in the abbey park – Rotte Gaten loop from Everberg

10.7km

02:45

50m

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

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2. Rotte Gaten – Pond in the abbey park loop from Erps-Kwerps

11.8km

03:03

60m

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

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3. The old abbey – Kortenberg Abbey Park loop from Everberg

5.95km

01:32

30m

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

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November 24, 2024

The mound with the wooden, hexagonal pavilion, furnished as a chapel, to the southeast of the current building complex is possibly a relic of an ‘English garden’ from the late 18th century. The thickest tree in the park – a brown beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Atropunicea’) with a trunk circumference of 471 centimetres next to the mound with the cellars is the only relic of planting from the early 19th century. The silver maple (Acer saccharinum) on the other side of the ‘cellar mound’ and this one in the northeast corner of the park – are probably of a later date, despite their trunk circumference of more than 4 metres. The majority of the tree population is not older than 1900.

The flora of the abbey park, especially around the pond, not only contains various species that occur in the woods along the Aderbeek and the central Brabant stream-accompanying forests in general – including the rough bellflower (Campanula trachelium) and the beetle orchid (Listera ovata) – but also at least one species whose presence could be explained by the abbey's past, namely the Italian arum (Arum italicum).

Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Kortenberg Abbey Site, id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/43354

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Laurence Nicolas

July 26, 2023

old abbey of Kortenberg which has become a hotel restaurant

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Location: Kortenberg, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

Kortenberg Abbey Park

1. Pond in the abbey park – Rotte Gaten loop from Everberg

2. Rotte Gaten – Pond in the abbey park loop from Erps-Kwerps

3. The old abbey – Kortenberg Abbey Park loop from Everberg

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