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Malpie Ponds Boardwalk

Malpie Ponds Boardwalk

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Malpie Ponds Boardwalk

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Location: Valkenswaard, North Brabant, Netherlands

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1. Great Malpie Fen – View of the Malpie Fens loop from Lage Heide

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2. View of the Malpie Fens – Great Malpie Fen loop from Hoge Akkers

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3. View of the Malpie Fens – Great Malpie Fen loop from Hoge Akkers

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August 24, 2025

De Malpie is a nature reserve in the municipality of Valkenswaard. It consists of two parts:

De Malpiebeemden covers approximately 217 hectares. It is located between Valkenswaard and Borkel en Schaft and is owned by the Dutch Society for Nature Conservation (Vereniging Natuurmonumenten). It consists of hay meadows, marshes, and swamp woods.
De Malpiebossen and De Malpie nature reserve is a contiguous area of approximately 400 hectares, owned by the municipality of Valkenswaard. Approximately 120 hectares of this area consists of heathland and fens. There is also extensive productive forestry.
The most well-known aspect of De Malpie nature reserve is its extensive heathland with many large and small fens.

Large fens include Molenven, Wasven, Pastoorsven, Vaarvennen, and Groot Malpieven. Some fens, particularly Molenven and Pastoorsven, were likely constructed or used as fishponds. The Vaarvennen have a natural origin: they were formed as river valley fens, connected to the nearby Dommeldal.

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Happy Hikers 🦋🌸🌼🦌🇳🇱

August 24, 2025

A large black-headed gull colony can be found in the Vaarvennen. Sand drifts can be found in some areas, including near the Groot Malpieven. Bog myrtle thickets grow near the watermill. The heathland is one of the last remaining original heathlands in Brabant.

The Dommel River flows straight through the area, past heathland and meadows. The Malpie meadows lie on the east side of the stream. The stream valley, where the sandy soil alternates with peaty and loamy patches, forms a smooth transition to the low-lying cover sands of the Malpie proper. At the northern entrance to the area, on the river, stands the Venbergse Watermill.

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Wappie

October 23, 2025

nature reserve De Malpie and all its heathland paths

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Malpie Ponds Boardwalk

1. Great Malpie Fen – View of the Malpie Fens loop from Lage Heide

2. View of the Malpie Fens – Great Malpie Fen loop from Hoge Akkers

3. View of the Malpie Fens – Great Malpie Fen loop from Hoge Akkers

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