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The description is very accurate. Thank you.

beautiful pond where you can walk all around, cyclists prohibited

Always very pleasant to walk/run in this beautiful park

Sometimes the mirror is a bit wrinkled. To fish here you have to be a member of the Grand-Pont Vissers who also fish in the Grote Gete. There is a club in Hoegaarden and in Geldenaken. The fishing pond is also largely on Walloon territory. Also take a look at the former football field next to the pond, a few surprises for those who look closely, also on the water of the Gete.

The Maagdendal or Mariadal monastery of the bogaards (also begaarden), the male counterpart of the beguines, was founded around 1450 on an evocative site: the wide ring moat and the two islands suggest an old castral motte (perhaps the place where Prince-Bishop Balderik of Liège wanted to build a castle around 1010 and had wide moats dug for that purpose, direct cause of the Battle of Hoegaarden in 1013, but this is far from proven according to A. Wauters). On a map of the taxes and fiefs of the abbey of 't Park in Hoegaarden and Outgaarden from 1663, the monastery is shown as a closed complex with a square plan. On the Ferraris map (1771-1778) it has a plan in the shape of an 'h' in mirror image, with a vegetable garden, an orchard and what was probably a large ornamental garden with a path cross and an oval widened intersection. That this ornamental garden formed a separate island is evident from the Primitive cadastral map drawn up by Sablon around 1820. In 1797, the Bogaarden monastery and its grounds, a total of three hectares, were sold as 'national property' to former members of the congregation. In 1820, the former monastery domain was purchased by the congregation 'Soeurs de l'Union au Sacré-Coeur' (now translated as 'Sisters of the Association with the Sacred Heart'), an order founded around 1800 by priest François-Joseph Delfosse that focused on education. That same year, 'Val Virginal', a boarding school for girls, opened its doors. The Primitive cadastral map closely matches the Ferraris map; the monastery complex has almost the same layout. The oldest cadastral register (1831), in the name of "ménagère" Petronelle Pierraerts and associates, describes the main building as "Maison bâtiment et cour brasserie" and mentions three garden plots, together with ponds and moats 4 hectares 27 ares in size. The congregation also owned 13 hectares of agricultural land in Hoegaarden and had a chapel built in Sint-Katarina-Houtem, on the highest point of the plateau between the Grote Gete and the Molenbeek-Menebeek - the 'Marollenkapel' or 'Klein Scherpenheuvel'. Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Domain Mariadal, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/134185

Perfect place for a picnic: the lawn at the third pond (the other two are not allowed) and a beautiful picnic spot at the back of the park. Pop Up Bar with terrace open Wednesdays, weekends, public holidays and school holidays.

Located in the far east of Walloon Brabant, 40 km from Brussels and Liège, Hélécine Castle stands in the middle of a 28-hectare park. Let yourself be charmed by the many facets of this exceptional site and its activities organized throughout the season. The 28-hectare walking park includes a nature reserve, two playgrounds, a new aerial structure, a giant sundial, a 19th-century icehouse, an educational pond, and three fishing ponds. Come and play landscaped mini-golf and pétanque. The estate is ideal for families, school groups, and those seeking relaxation in the countryside. Two ponds are open for trout and carp fishing from the second Sunday of March to mid-November. https://www.destinationbw.be/fr/decouvrir/les-incontournables/le-chateau-dhelecine/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA1mJ_m4eVQ

Imposing stables of the castle. The staff probably slept upstairs.