쉬운 라벤스보쉬 주변 하이킹 및 워킹 코스

이 움푹 들어간 길은 오소리의 영역입니다. 이것은 길을 따라 복잡한 굴 시스템을 만듭니다. 오소리는 다양한 방이 있는 광범위한 굴 시스템에서 땅속에 살며, 이를 오소리 굴, 굴, 땅, 구조물 또는 랭이라고도 합니다. 굴의 단면은 약 30cm입니다. 이들은 약 50cm 단면의 많은 방으로 이어지고 연결됩니다. 막다른 굴도 있습니다. 사용 중인 방은 오소리가 낮에 자는 둥지 재료로 채워집니다. 이 둥지 재료는 풀, 짚, 나뭇잎, 고사리, 이끼로 구성될 수 있습니다. 오소리는 턱, 가슴, 앞발 사이에 이것을 끼우고 거꾸로 굴 안으로 끌어들입니다. 오소리에 대한 출처/정보: https://www.dassenwerkgroepbrabant.nl/pages/dassenburcht.html

The Hollow Oak This solitary tree is a prominent feature in the field north of the Kloosterbosch (Houthem). Experts estimate its age at 250-300 years. The oak was likely planted to mark the walking path and can be found on old maps. Due to age, lightning strikes, and disease, the tree has become hollow at its base. Nevertheless, the oak returns to its leaves every year.

A fen is a natural, usually shallow lake on nutrient-poor sandy soils, formed by the accumulation of rainwater or groundwater in a depression. Fens are fed by precipitation, often have an impermeable subsoil, and are characterized by fluctuating water levels and ecological richness, especially in nutrient-poor areas. There is also another meaning: VEN stands for the Flemish Ecological Network, a network of valuable natural areas in Flanders, according to the Nature and Forest Services website.

Cows graze in the rolling meadows

For years, it has remained a beautiful sight to behold. And very fitting, of course, for the region... Groot Haasdal.

Very beautiful farmhouse surrounded by rich fruit orchards.

The Strabeek meanders happily in the Ravensbos, at the foot of the many slopes in this forest with quite a few differences in height. The stream, a tributary of the nearby Geul, rises in Haasdal (there is a Klein Haasdal and a Groot Haasdal that are both part of Schimmert as hamlets). In the hamlet of Strabeek, the stream with the same name flows into the Geul. Of course, it is very nice for hikers that you can walk along the stream. And the path that makes this possible is a gem that runs parallel to the stream and here and there even seems to merge with it. A recommended and photogenic path along an equally photogenic stream in a photogenic piece of nature.

The farm you see from here and which stands out because it stands alone and clearly has historical value, is called the Holswick farm. It was built in 1776 by the then mayor of Houthem, a certain Adrien Pelerin. He had acquired the Houthem part of the Ravensbos a few years earlier. The large manor farm later got a beautiful residential wing on the east side with a view of the Ravensbos. After the necessary renovations and changes of ownership, Holswick was bought in 1917 by Arthur Count de Marchant et d’Ansembourg. His son Leopold lived there in the residential wing from 1930 to 1937. Source and information: https://wijhouthemsintgerlach.nl/hoeve-holswick/