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The Heidebos is a solid piece of nature on the border of the Meetjesland and the Waasland. The nature reserve offers a surprising range of biotopes from pine forests, birch-oak forests, poor grasslands to - as the name suggests - areas with heather, all of this interspersed with mighty avenues of beech and American oak. However peaceful the forest now looks, the Eighty Years' War raged there in all its fury in the 16th century. Relics in the landscape such as the ramparts of the fort Francipanie and the Parmavaart are reminders of this turbulent period.

Worth it for the name alone

The Heidebos is a sturdy chunk of nature on the border of the Meetjesland and the Waasland. The nature reserve offers a surprising range of biotopes from pine forests, birch-oak forests, barren grasslands to - as the name suggests - areas of scrub heath, all interspersed with mighty avenues of beech and American oak.

The fort and the line dike are still clearly recognizable in the landscape. Restoration work was carried out in 2009, which also included the construction of a new drawbridge and the reconstruction of the courtyard. The fort is now a nature reserve, managed by Staatsbosbeheer. It is freely accessible and there are hiking trails.

The Groote Gat near Koewacht is a remnant of a creek that reminds of a dike breach in the distant past. The water in the creek is fresh, unlike most creeks in Zeeland that have brackish or even salt water.

The Gezusterskreken form a creek system in the north of the East Flemish municipality of Assenede in the Meetjesland (Meetjeslands creek area). The Gezusterskreeks consist of the Grote Kil and the Kleine Kil, which are in line with each other but are separated by a dam, over which the Gezustersstraat runs. The creeks are located in the Sint-Albertpolder, which was diked in 1612, during which the Scheurhoekdijk was constructed. In 1663 and again in 1690, the Sint-Pieterspolder was diked, causing the Scheurhoekdijk to lose its function as a primary sea defense. The current Belgian-Dutch border here follows the route of the Scheurhoekdijk. The area is European protected as part of the Natura 2000 area 'Polders' Source Wikipedia

with bench to look out over the water

At this location you are on the former sea dike of the Roode Polder. The Bottomless Pit was created by a fierce northwesterly storm that hit the coasts of Flanders and the Netherlands during the night of January 14 to 15, 1808. As a result, untold damage was caused to the sea dikes of the time. A number of polders in Assenede flooded. The worst damage occurred in the vicinity of Philippine and Sas van Gent. The sea lock of the Sint-Pieterspolder, located on the other side of this dike near Philippine, broke through and the swirling water flowed into the Flemish polders. The water overflowed the dike at this point and poured out of it into a deep round well. The sea wall broke through and the resulting hole could not be closed immediately. A ring dike was constructed around the Bottomless Pit. A place that makes the natural power of water in the landscape clear.