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The first botanical garden of Leuven (a "pharmaceutical plant garden") was built from 1738 onwards under the impetus of Professor Hendrik Rega (1690-1754) on a site between the Dijle and the Voer rivers, where municipal school for girls number 3 was later built. The only thing you can still see of it (Minderbroedersstraat number 50): the gate. The second botanical garden—and the current one—was created by the Leuven landscape architect Guillaume Rosseels (1769-1832), under the direction of the German botanist Professor J.F. Adelman. Based on a design by Charles Vander Straeten (1771-1834), court architect to the Prince of Orange. From 1821 to 1823, the gatehouse with the gardener's cottage, the orangery with greenhouses, and a surrounding wall were built in a strict classical style. In 1835, the state university ceded the botanical garden to the city of Leuven, which has since been called the "Municipal Botanical Garden." The garden's layout was already modified in 1838 to allow for greater plant diversity; the symmetry of the flowerbeds at the foot of the orangery partially disappeared. The orangery itself was also repeatedly renovated. In In 1984, the tropical greenhouse (1880) east of the orangery was replaced by a larger one, allowing it to better accommodate the garden's evolving function: from a scientific herb garden to a recreational botanical garden. In the same vein, the botanical garden was recently expanded to include an area behind the former Marollen Monastery (Kapuchijnenvoer 32), where an orchard and a sunken garden with a Victorian greenhouse were created. Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Urban botanical garden, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/42252

Already 304 years old? Time flies!

In 1652, in the middle of the Meerdaalwoud, Lord van Steenbergen had a chapel built on the site where there had previously been a miraculous statue of Mary who cured people suffering from marsh fever.

The Tomberg is the second highest place in the forest (102 m). It is not a prehistoric burial mound (or tomb) as our ancestors thought, but a natural elevation, a dune mound that millions of years ago, together with the Mommendeel mound, actually protruded above the sea at that time. It is here that the illustrious forest court sat for hundreds of years. In the Middle Ages, every free man was in principle allowed to hunt without restriction in forests, meadows and swamps. The big exception were the free forests, the private forests of the dukes. Meerdaalwoud was such a free forest and hunting rights belonged exclusively to the Duke of Arenberg. At first the forest court was itinerant and justice was administered in the various villages. Later, a special building was erected here on the Tomberg for the court hearings. Later still, a hearing was held at Heverlee castle. The punishments were not lenient, but it is thanks to that forest justice that the forest still exists today and has not been sacrificed to the needs of the farmers and citizens in the area. The forest right came to an end with the arrival of the French in 1795. You can read this - and much more - at https://www.onroerenderfgoed.be/archeologische-fietstocht-heverlee

The bench is partly broken, the gazebo is a bit outdated, but it remains wonderful under that tree with a view of heather and ferns. Especially at this time of year, this is a wonderful place for those who love quiet places full of ferns that strive to become the largest and have the most beautiful shades of green. Some of the small paths at the base of the hill are near small stretches of water with life. Those seeking peace and quiet come here outside busier periods to enjoy a jungle of ferns in a wonderful open space. The views from the paths below to the ferns on the hillsides demand beautiful photos.

The urban herb garden, also known to Leuven residents as the botanical garden, the entire history of which can be read in a nice article on the KU Leuven website: https://stories.kuleuven.be/nl/tales/de-kiemen- from-the-herb-garden - from educational garden to rest picking garden.