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Rootput Path

Name: Rootput Path
Rating: 2

Recommended by 6 hikers

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Location: Sint-Martens-Latem, Gent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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DirkWi

August 2, 2025

The Rootput is a beautiful path through the greenery between Baarle-Frankrijkstraat and Kwakstraat.
There is no trace left of a retting pit (water used to ret flax). After the First World War, the first concrete retting pits appeared, and in 1943, retting in the Leie was banned. From then on, retting mills were built everywhere.
The Leie region's flax-producing past still resonates in the names of several Latem hiking trails (Rootput, De Roterij, Vlasdijkje, etc.). The chimney of the former Baeten flax factory also serves as a reminder of this.

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Distance 357 m

Uphill 10 m

Downhill 0 m

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1. Leie Riverside Path – View of the Leie loop from Sint-Martens-Latem

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