알스트‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 천연기념물

홀레베겐(Holle wegen)은 레몬 토양이 있는 구릉 지대의 전형적인 작은 풍경 요소입니다. 대부분의 홀레베겐은 중세부터 생겨난 것으로 추정됩니다. 같은 길을 수세기 동안 도보나 마차로 이용하면서 자연적인 침식 과정이 발생했습니다. 따라서 홀레베겐은 역사의 일부를 담고 있으며 우리 문화유산의 일부를 형성합니다. (현지 안내판)

네이험보스에서는 자연이 거의 자발적으로 진화하도록 허용됩니다. 나무는 오래될 수 있으며 죽은 나무가 많습니다. 떨어지는 나뭇가지의 위험 때문에 길을 벗어나지 않는 것이 중요합니다. 풍부한 식생이 존재합니다: 더 산성인 토양에서는 주로 독수리 고사리, 은방울꽃, 계곡풀을 찾을 수 있습니다. 더 점토질 토양에서는 봄에 야생 히아신스, 산 아네모네, 산 마늘, 노란 딱총나무를 즐길 수 있습니다. 브리젠보스(Vriezenbos)로도 알려진 숲 보호 구역의 서쪽 부분은 검은 오리나무, 일반 물푸레나무, 금잔화, 거대 뱀톱, 쓴맛 나는 물냉이, 두 종류의 골드베일과 같은 일반적인 종이 있는 샘 숲으로 구성됩니다. 세 가지 표시된 하이킹 코스인 디케 뵈켄반델링(Dikke Beukenwandeling), 베빙엔반델링(Bevingenwandeling), 그뢰벤반델링(Groebenwandeling)을 따라 자연의 아름다움을 즐기십시오. (Agentschap Natuur en Bos)

For a beautiful nature walk on the border with Aaigem, Mere, Haatert and Heldergem

The Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) has a 30-hectare research center in Grimminge (Geraardsbergen), around the Helix, the Flemish Knowledge and Training Center for Nature and the Environment. The research center is not only a research site but also houses several collections of rare native tree and shrub species, which contribute to the conservation of genetic diversity. The research center houses several "populeta." A populetum is a collection of living poplars. The poplars in this populetum belong to the North American species Populus deltoides and Populus trichocarpa, and to the European black poplar (Populus nigra), forming a unique collection in Europe. These poplars were used in the INBO breeding program to create healthy trees with rapid growth, straight trunks, and excellent wood quality for the wood-processing industry. (INBO)

The Raspaillebos has five marked walks: Natural Gas Walk (7.7 km), Farmland Landscape (4 km), Raspaillebos Walk (3.7 km), Window on the Landscape (2.5 km), and Bosberg Walk (2 km). (Agency for Nature & Forests)

You're not allowed to simply gather wood in a forest, even if it's freely accessible. It's prohibited by law. A forest manager can allow this for their forest through an accessibility regulation. The ban aims to prevent the forest from being "emptied." Dead wood is crucial for a forest. Many organisms live on it and process it until it's completely gone. This includes large standing or lying trees, but also fine broken branches spread over a larger area. These contain many nutrients, such as carbon or minerals, which the soil can reabsorb and other trees can store. (Agency for Nature and Forests)

The triangular shape of Meldert's village square owes its origins to the Frankish settlement that existed there at the time: houses were built along the three legs of the triangle, with a meadow in the center where animals could be herded together. You can see upright sandstones as a reminder of the sandstone quarries once operated by Affligem Abbey. If you look closely, you can still find traces of fossils in them; this sandstone was actually formed from the sediment of a tropical sea that once flooded the land here. Source: https://toerismeaffligem.be/blikvangers/meldertdorp.html

In this square, you can see an upright sandstone. It stands here as a reminder of the sandstone quarries once operated by Affligem Abbey. If you look closely, you can still find traces of fossils in it; this sandstone was actually formed from the sediment of a tropical sea that once flooded the land here. Source: https://toerismeaffligem.be/blikvangers/meldertdorp.html