コルテッセムの天然記念物・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。

貧しいケンペンと肥沃なハスペンガウの境界に、ムンスターボスがあります。ムンスタービルゼン村の中心部の北東には、450ヘクタールの森林、池、湿地、草原が広がっています。ところどころには、紫色のヒースの切れ端さえ顔をのぞかせます。この地域は、砂地のケンペン高原からハスペンガウのレス地域への移行部に位置しているため、非常に特別です。

With luck, spot a deer?!

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.

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.

In the Maten you will find a piece of authentic wine landscape with beautiful ponds, connected by heads and tails. It is the area par excellence for bird lovers, as the Wijers are a breeding area for numerous water and songbirds. The Augustijnenvijver is a stopping place for countless birds during bird migration. The routes connect Genk with Diepenbeek and guide you past the ponds of the Maten to the Diepenbekerbos.

The Munsterbos is located on the border of the poor Kempen and the fertile Haspengouw. Northeast of the village center of Munsterbilzen extends 450 hectares of forests, ponds, swamps and grasslands. Here and there even a patch of purple heather pops up. Stroll through the avenues and past picturesque chapels. (Nature point)