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Tielrodebroek Nature Reserve (Potpolder Tielrode)

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Tielrodebroek Nature Reserve (Potpolder Tielrode)

Tielrodebroek Nature Reserve (Potpolder Tielrode)

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    Location: Temse, Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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    1. St. Joseph Chapel and Procession – Tielrode Ferry (Tielrodeveer) loop from Tielrode

    4.99km

    01:16

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    Intermediate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    2. Tielrode Ferry (Tielrodeveer) – St. Joseph Chapel and Procession loop from Tielrode

    6.22km

    01:35

    20m

    20m

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

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    3. Driegoten Ferry and Riverside – Den Bunt Nature Reserve loop from Hamme

    24.4km

    06:11

    50m

    50m

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

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    January 25, 2023

    The Tielrodebroek is a controlled flood area or pot polder, located at the confluence of the Scheldt and the Durme. You can enjoy mud flats and salt marshes, with reed beds, willow forests and extensive hay meadows. Many water birds, such as ducks and blue herons, have their home here.

    The nature reserve is accessible all year round on the hiking trails. A walking dike runs around the potpolder.

    (Natural Point)

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      March 25, 2025

      In 1976, a major flood disaster occurred at this location. As a result, the low-lying polders were transformed into a controlled flood area. For the Sigma Plan, a ring dike of approximately 8 metres high was constructed. In 2 places, the dike remains lowered to 1 metre, so that the water can flow into the polder via a sluice system during storm surges. In this way, the inhabited areas behind it remain protected.

      The land in the potpolder itself is cultivated as fields by local farmers. It is a nature reserve where various animal species like to stay. There is even a breeding pole for storks in the middle of the polders.

      Source: temse.be

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        March 25, 2025

        On the walking dike you can find two (or three?) panels with poetry.

        They are part of "Closer to the dike", a poetry route along the dike section Steendorp-Temse-Tielrode-Elversele.

        13 poetry panels are the result of a poetry competition in which local poets were inspired by the medieval story of Reynaert the fox.

        On 23 June 2024, the route was officially inaugurated with poems by Erika De Stercke, Melissa Bocklandt, Geert Gerlo, Koen De Clercq, Tony van der Zand, VRpdm, Luc Deceuninck, Gerry Van Wouwe, Ella Dedroog, Chaïnez Lifungula, Patrick Verdonck, Annemie Muyshondt and Tony Peirsman.

        Source: temse.be

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          Downhill 10 m

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