진겔롬‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 천연기념물

Helshoven의 가장 높은 지점에서 이제 Haspengouw의 풍경을 숨 막힐 듯 아름다운 전망으로 즐길 수 있습니다. 예술가 Frits Jeuris는 이 지역의 수십 그루의 쓰러진 과일나무로 독특한 예술 작품을 만들었습니다. 90그루의 50년 된 표준 체리나무로 구성된 목재 예술 작품인 “Helsh(ea)ven”은 2016년 말, 체리에 작은 열매를 맺게 하는 전염성 식물병인 체리 시들음병 바이러스에 감염되었습니다. 이제 쓰러진 나무들이 두 번째 삶을 얻게 됩니다. 이 예술 작품은 Haspengouw의 역동적인 풍경을 상징합니다.

A beautiful area of (only) 34.5 hectares, characterized by reed beds, cattail ponds, and pools fringed by shrubs or with open banks... These diverse habitats offer countless bird species places to forage, nest, hibernate, or rest during their migration. No fewer than 212 species have already been observed! (Source: www.natagora.be)

Very relaxing, beautiful well-maintained paths.

Here, at the gallows, you are at the highest point in Helshoven. The artwork 'Helsh(ea)ven' by Frits Jeuris, known to most as the 'floating chapel', invites you to enjoy that landscape and the work itself. It is made from cherry tree wood. At the end of 2016, the 50-year-old high-stemmed trees in Helshoven had to be cut down due to a viral disease, Little Cherry, which causes tasteless cherries. The gallows represents death. Dead trees. And the dead person. And then there are the trees that are given a second life in the artwork, the floating chapel. An end, a beginning, a view, between heaven and Helshoven, inviting reflection, looking and of course what the work is best known for: that strange image of a chapel that seems to float.

Since 1974, the province of (Flemish) Brabant has owned the 120 hectare Vinne. In 2000 it was decided to transform the area into a lake again. Work started in 2004; the poplars were cleared and the groundwater level rose because drainage was largely stopped. The entire area is ideal for migratory birds. Immovable Heritage Inventory 2024: Het Vinne, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/300182

The Vinne is a natural depression, almost completely enclosed by slopes. Only in one place in the west has the slope been broken and the Vinnedepression is connected to the Gete valley via a narrow outlet. At its widest point the Vinne is 1600 m, at its narrowest point 900 m. Immovable Heritage Inventory 2024: Het Vinne, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/300182

The Vinne is located on the territory of the merged municipality of Zoutleeuw, south of the hamlet of Ossenweg, just within the province of Flemish Brabant. To the east of it lies Limburg's Duras, also an anchorage. On the cabinet map of the Ferraris (1770-1778), the area - then still a large lake - was intersected from north to south by the border between the Duchy of Brabant and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. Immovable Heritage Inventory 2024: Het Vinne, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/300182

In 2019, the lake was drained when it turned out that the rotting process of leftover tree stumps and branches led to algae growth and oxygen depletion. The water quality decreased, aquatic plants disappeared and fish died. In the summer of 2020, the silt with organic material was scraped away. After that, the lake gradually filled up with water again, and it became the beautiful hotspot it is today.