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Webbekoms Broek is part of the Webbekomsbroek-Borchbeemden Flemish Nature Reserve, a contiguous area of 397 hectares managed by the Flemish Agency for Nature and Forests. This also includes the Diesters Broek, the Schaffens Broek, and the Borchbeemden: Rotbroek, Gorenbroek, and Sint-Jansberg. Several watercourses flow through the area. The most important of these is the Demer. The others are primarily its tributary, the Zwarte Beek, the Grote Leigracht, and the Leigracht. The Demer Valley has been plagued by floods for centuries. The most severe floods in recent history date back to 1998. There were also serious floods in Diest in 2008. To prevent severe water damage, retention basins and floodplains were installed. The Webbekoms Broek and its surroundings constitute a floodplain. In September 1998, a retention basin with a surface area of 144 hectares was put into operation in the Webbekoms Broek. The area can hold 3.5 million m³ of water. There is an inner basin and an outer basin. The inner basin is surrounded by dikes. The remainder forms the outer basin, which primarily functions as a nature reserve.

Centrally at the summit stands an imposing multi-stemmed linden. This tree still has an old trunk base (approximately 2 meters in diameter) with parts of the original residual wall of the previous hollow tree. Several new trunks grew from this residual wall and from trunk base suckers, which now once again form a beautiful, full crown atop the tumulus. Inventory of Immovable Heritage 2026: Linden at Bortombe, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/308038

Roman tumulus with a diameter of approximately 20 to 25 meters. The burial mound is located approximately one and a half kilometers from the Roman villa complex of Hemelrijk. In 1863, H. Schuermans and A. conducted excavations there, during which a rectangular burial chamber (2.18 by 2.05 meters) was discovered in the mound. The burial mound partially covered the remains of the funeral pyre southeast of the burial chamber. A wealth of gifts were recovered from the burial chamber: terra sigillata bowls, burnt iron fragments, terra nigra, glass, beads in glass paste, bone and bronze objects, and coins of Faustina I, Tiberius, and Hadrian. Based on the finds, the burial mound could be dated between the second half of the 2nd century and the beginning of the 3rd century. Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Tumulus Bortombe, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/302655

The tumulus of Bortombe is situated on a hill, and anyone who appreciates a listed ancient burial mound (Roman artifacts were found in the tomb) with a listed lime tree on it will have to sacrifice paved walking paths. But that's the case for most walks in the area, and it doesn't bother me. It's always nice to have a bench and enjoy the views.

Basilica-style building on a trapezoidal plan; four bays on the east side culminating in a square choir and crowned on the south side by a massive tower. Interesting tower volume in transitional style (mid-13th century). Quartzite plinth and tuff facing. Three stories: the ground floor currently features a pointed arch arcade; the bell storey has four paired sound holes with a Romanesque column surmounted by a cube capital. The spire dates from the 17th century. Gothic naves covered with mullioned beams or a flat ceiling; north entrance. The choir, also built of tuff, dates from the third quarter of the 13th century; the apse features an oculus and a three-light window with a three-lobed archivolt. Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/43465

Already a small church...

Northeast of the Sint-Jansberg monastery complex on Schomstraat lies the Oude Pastorij farm, a U-shaped farm dating from the first half of the 19th century, with the open side of the yard facing the street. The brick buildings under gable roofs (Flemish pantiles), hipped on the side wings, are situated around a rectangular yard separated from the street by a long wall and several recent service buildings. The house is located in the center of the central wing, a double house of four bays and two stories on a raised ground floor with a pitched plinth. The rectangular windows have wooden lintels and painted sills, and the rectangular door has a wooden lintel. The house is flanked on both sides by slightly projecting stables of three bays each, with a modified layout. Spacious transverse barns are housed in the perpendicular wings, each of three bays and equipped with an anchored brick basket-arch gate. These volumes feature arched windows and rectangular doors beneath a wooden lintel. Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Carthusian Monastery of Sint-Jansberg and its surroundings, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/302683

The municipality of Zelem had three parsonages throughout its history. The first was, and still is, located on the Kolenberg and called "Hoeve Oude Pastorij," better known locally as the "Donkelhoeve." Between 1969 and 1972, this farm served as a filming location for the BRT serial "Wij, Heren van Zichem" (We, Lords of Zichem), stories about "De Witte van Sichem" (The White Man of Sichem) and "Het leven van Herman Coene" (The Life of Herman Coene), written by Ernest Claes. In those stories, the farm belonged to farmer Coene. In those days, the pastor's residence was always connected to a farm that provided the pastor with his daily necessities.