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Schemmersberg Sand Pit

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Schemmersberg Sand Pit

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Schemmersberg Sand Pit

Name: Schemmersberg Sand Pit
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Location: Genk, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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3. Winterslag Sports Complex – Schemmersberg Sand Pit loop from Staatstuinwijk

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

January 19, 2024

The sand pit is a former sand quarry that was created during the extraction of sand and production of wet sand. Wet sand was used to make sand asphalt. This was used to construct pavements such as driveways and playgrounds at schools. The quarry was operated from 1961 to the early 1970s.

This immediately explains the name of the street that gives access to the walking area, the Wetzandstraat.

Drifting plains with sand sedge and bunt grass have a place on the abandoned parts of the sand quarry.

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June 3, 2024

The Schemmersberg nature reserve is located between Genk and Zonhoven, on the western edge of the Kempen Plateau. The name Schemmersberg comes from dusk, which means shadow or shade. In this 40 hectare area there is a large sand pit where sand was extracted for years for the production of wet sand. There is still heathland on and around the sandhill.

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