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Vier Paar Voeten
December 28, 2024
Hiking
From private garden to public park
The plots of land on which the Reinaertpark is located were listed in the first half of the 19th century on a primitive land registry as 'bois d'agrément' (pleasure forest), 'jardin' (garden) and 'bois' (forest). The owner was Joannes de Volder, a rentier from Ghent.
Around 1843, his son-in-law, Guillichmus knight Stas de Richelle, and his daughter, Maria Theresia de Volder, had the park laid out in English landscape style with a serpentine pond. On the street side, they converted a country house into a summer residence.
The plots of land on which the Reinaertpark is located were listed in the first half of the 19th century on a primitive land registry as 'bois d'agrément' (pleasure forest), 'jardin' (garden) and 'bois' (forest). The owner was Joannes de Volder, a rentier from Ghent.
Around 1843, his son-in-law, Guillichmus knight Stas de Richelle, and his daughter, Maria Theresia de Volder, had the park laid out in English landscape style with a serpentine pond. On the street side, they converted a country house into a summer residence.
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DirkWi
February 2, 2024
Hiking
After the municipality of Destelbergen bought this park from the Van Acker family in the 1970s, it was baptized "Reinaert Park" ... because some events from the medieval epic 'Van …
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Distance 1.05 km
Uphill 10 m
Downhill 10 m
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