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St. Wendelin's Church was built in 1935, replacing the former parish church from 1708, whose choir still stands today as a chapel. The church belongs to the Diocese of Liège and is dedicated to St. Wendelin, a highly venerated patron saint of shepherds and farmers in rural areas.

Unique experience, nice smooth asphalt and a nice constant slope.

Parking lot, a brasserie and straight into nature.

In Belgium, too, traffic is apparently being closely monitored, as the warning signs show: one year, cross-country skiers come from the right, the next year, apparently more from the left. In any case, this means cyclists should keep their eyes open!

Botrange dominates the plateau of the Hautes Fagnes and is the highest point in Belgium at 694 m above sea level. This status was granted in 1920 when the East Cantons (including the municipality of Waimes) became Belgian territory after the Treaty of Versailles. It thus replaced the site of the Baraque Michel (672 m), which is located on the territory of Jalhay. As early as the 19th century, there were two geodetic markers: - the "Pyramide Tranchot", erected in 1806 by a French colonel (under Napoleon) who was charged with drawing up a map of the region. This stone bears a goniometric point 1 on its front. - the "Trigonometric Point" (TP), erected in 1894 by German military engineers. In 1923, General Baltia (High Commissioner of the Belgian government for the East Cantons between 1920 and 1925) built a hill there to "mark" the location of this new peak of the Kingdom, just behind a wooden tower that served as an observation post and was built by the Prussian administration. The current tower was built in 1934 by François Fagnoul of Waimes, is 24 m high and offers a view of the surrounding area (and far beyond). At the foot of it, on the right, is the tourist office, which informs visitors about walks in the Fens. In 2014, a monument known as the "Manifesto of Botrange" was inaugurated there by the municipality of Waimes, in the presence of Paul Dandrifosse, author of the book "Nos terres volées en 1940", a plea for the official recognition of the history of the East Cantons. As part of the redevelopment of the site by the municipality of Waimes in 2022 (extension of the car park, access via a covered lift to the top of the tower - raised by a viewing platform - creation of a reception and information area for visitors and modernisation of the café-restaurant), the history of East Belgium will be outlined in the Eastorium (see History and Heritage), supplemented by a tour of the Fens, along the old milestones and other monuments of the Fens. Source: https://www.waimeshautesfagnes.be/nl/decouvrir/incontournables/le-signal-de-botrange.htm

More information about the Botrange signal can be found at www.waimeshautesfagnes.be/nl/decouvrir/incontournables/le-signal-de-botrange.htm