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Alden Biesen Gatehouse – Alden Biesen Commandery loop from Hoeselt

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Alden Biesen Gatehouse – Alden Biesen Commandery loop from Hoeselt

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Alden Biesen Gatehouse – Alden Biesen Commandery loop from Hoeselt

02:16

8.65km

70m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Natuurgebied Motmolen

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.30 km

Motmolen Waterfall on the River Demer

Highlight • Waterfall

The fall of water, small and large, still has a great attraction. Here you can enjoy it. Take your time and sit down at the water's edge.

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1.42 km

Boardwalk Demervallei

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This boardwalk is located in the nature reserve de Motmolen:

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4.63 km

Architectural Features:

Construction Period --> Medieval core (13th–14th centuries), later remodeled in the Baroque style

Function --> Access control, representation, protection

Building Material --> Brick with natural stone detailing

Design --> Arched gateway with flanking towers, heraldic or religious symbols

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4.64 km

Alden Biesen Gatehouse

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At the back of Alden Biesen you drive through a beautiful medieval gatehouse and then arrive at a viewpoint in the fields where a large part of Limburg can be visited.

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5.12 km

Alden Biesen Commandery

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A Landkommande (command post) was a regional administrative and economic unit of a religious military order, primarily the Teutonic Knights.

It served as:

• an administrative center for the surrounding holdings (farms, villages, lands),

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5.28 km

Alden Biesen High-Stem Orchard

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In the standard orchards of Alden Biesen, which you get a taste of here, five hundred (500!) varieties of various types of fruit are grown. Alden Biesen's first standard orchards …

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5.54 km

Maastrichterallee

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The Maastrichterallee is a rising linden alley with a length of 600 meters and consists of two parts. The section that connects to the Grand Commandery building complex has a …

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5.95 km

Boardwalk and Pond View Near Alden Biesen

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This boardwalk is located on a pond in which naturally purified water is collected by the reed bed and which has gradually sloping banks. And that means amphibians as you …

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8.65 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.51 km

2.01 km

1.74 km

1.33 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.12 km

2.44 km

1.19 km

1.02 km

839 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

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Alden Biesen Gatehouse – Alden Biesen Commandery loop from Hoeselt

Motmolen Waterfall on the River Demer

Boardwalk Demervallei

Alden Biesen Gatehouse

Alden Biesen Gatehouse

Alden Biesen Commandery

Alden Biesen High-Stem Orchard

Maastrichterallee

Boardwalk and Pond View Near Alden Biesen

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