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Pond of the Old Sandstone Quarry Kravaalbos

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Pond of the Old Sandstone Quarry Kravaalbos

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Pond of the Old Sandstone Quarry Kravaalbos

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Location: Asse, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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2. Observation Tower - Stinnetjesaan – Kravaalbos Bij Stinne Stella loop from Mazenzele

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3. Kravaalbos Forest – Leibeek source area loop from Meldert

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Dominiek Van Dooren

February 28, 2023

The large pond in the Kravaalbos is a remnant of a historic quarry. Already in the 12th century, there was a closed farm on the site of the Hof in Putte that served as a stone pool company. Hof te Putte and Putstraat clearly refer to the quarries. The forest also owes its name to it. Kravaal comes from “car” and “vaal”, which stands for “stone” and “valley”.
(Walking brochure Kravaalbos)

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Willem VS

October 26, 2020

There is a large pond between the undisturbed and disturbed forest of approximately 1.5 hectares, created by the extraction of sandstone. In the twelfth century, stone quarries were exploited at the initiative of the Affligem Abbey. These were already exhausted at the end of the sixteenth century. The parish churches of Mazenzele, Baardegem and Meldert (East Flanders) were built with this sandstone. St. Michael's Cathedral in Brussels and St. John's Cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands are also made from this sandstone.
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kravaalbos

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

April 21, 2025

Where once one of Meldert's most important quarries lay, now the clear water of a large pond sparkles. At first this was a marshland, but in 1962 a stream was dammed and the quarry filled up.

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Elevation 40 m

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Location: Asse, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Observation Tower - Stinnetjesaan – Living Hop Monument, Meldert loop from Affligem

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