シントトロイデンの天然記念物・トップ20

ヘルショウフェンの最高地点からは、現在、ハスペンゴウ地方の風景の息をのむような景色を楽しむことができます。アーティストのフリット・ジェウリスは、このために、地元産の数十本の伐採された果樹を使ったユニークな芸術作品を作成しました。 「ヘルシュ(ea)ブン」は、それぞれ50年ものの標準的なサクランボの木90本で構成された木製の芸術作品で、2016年末にサクランボに小さな実を引き起こす伝染性の植物病であるサクランボ痘ウイルスに罹患しました。今、伐採された木々は第二の人生を得ています。この芸術作品は、ハスペンゴウのダイナミックな風景を象徴しています。

With luck, spot a deer?!

Very relaxing, beautiful well-maintained paths.

The Herkenrode Abbey site is an interesting combination of culture, history, nature and an ideal starting point for walks.

Experience the divine feeling of floating here...

Here, at the gallows, you are at the highest point in Helshoven. The artwork 'Helsh(ea)ven' by Frits Jeuris, known to most as the 'floating chapel', invites you to enjoy that landscape and the work itself. It is made from cherry tree wood. At the end of 2016, the 50-year-old high-stemmed trees in Helshoven had to be cut down due to a viral disease, Little Cherry, which causes tasteless cherries. The gallows represents death. Dead trees. And the dead person. And then there are the trees that are given a second life in the artwork, the floating chapel. An end, a beginning, a view, between heaven and Helshoven, inviting reflection, looking and of course what the work is best known for: that strange image of a chapel that seems to float.

The main entrance to the abbey is located to the south of the complex. It is a late Gothic gatehouse, built in 1531 by order of Abbess Mechtildis of Lechy. There are two storeys under two intersecting slate saddle roofs with a spire with a pear-shaped crowning at the intersection, dated 1531 (coat of arms on the rear facade) and restored in 1907 (architect G. Rypens) and 1973. Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Herkenrode Abbey, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/22246

Thanks to various valuable vegetation, hikers will definitely find something to their liking in this nature reserve. But this stream valley is also the perfect place for bird watching. Moreover, from the lookout tower you have a view over a beautiful part of the Herkwinning area. The cross-pollination between natural development and good nature management ensures that this is a diverse and valuable piece of greenery.