20의 마인웨그 국립공원가지 명소 & 주요 장소

Worthwhile both on foot and by bike

Here you can cycle carefree

The Meinweg is a beautiful, large and varied nature reserve with many different flora and fauna.

The landscape of the national park is characterized by pine forests, heathland and moors. The moors were formed due to the terracing of the area sloping from east to west, which is caused by small horsts and geological trenches. The two largest moor lakes, called “vennen” in Dutch, are the “Elfenmeer” and the “Rolvennen” lake.

Huge nature reserve, ideal for hiking and cycling

The first documented mention reports a sale of the Dalheim mill with its pond and land in 1231 by Heinrich Herr zu Helpenstein to the Cistercian convent in Ophoven. In 1258 the monastery also moved to the neighboring monastery courtyard in Dalheim. In 1775, the last Dalheim abbess, Maria Anna von Oyen, had the current mill building built after a fire. The coat of arms attached to a granite plaque above the entrance to the mill is a reminder of this. In the monastery mill, which was not a ban mill, there was a grinding mill for grain and an oil press. After the monastery was dissolved in 1802, the mill was privatized.

In the heart of the province of Limburg lies a beautiful hilly landscape.

Between 1954 and 1962, the Beatrix State Mine was constructed in the area, after the completion of two shafts, all activities were discontinued. The area was designated a nature reserve in 1990 by the then Minister of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries. The area was in common ownership and use of the surrounding 14 villages. This communal character also gave the area its name: "mein" means communal. Part of the area was oak coppice forest. For the mining industry, many pine trees have been planted for support wood. Because of this and due to desiccation, the heath and the present raised bogs were increasingly displaced.