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Flemish Brabant

The Duke's Heath

Flemish Brabant

The Duke's Heath

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The Duke's Heath

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Location: Aarschot, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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Frank en Nancy 🇧🇪

September 17, 2021

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's Hertogenheide, located in Aarschot, is a heath area with four plots of approximately four hectares total area, surrounded by a larger forest. The heath present in the area is increasingly being taken over by reforestation and heathland restoration work has been carried out to regenerate the heathland. These heath restoration activities provide opportunities for the development of pile-dried grassland. To make this possible, the heath is being rejuvenated by chopping in strips and cutting and draining the deforestation.

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July 13, 2021

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Beautiful piece of heathland between the woods...

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July 4, 2024

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Southwest of the city of Aarschot lies an area that was in the possession of the lords of Aarschot for centuries, who received the ducal title in 1532 (hence the …

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Elevation 70 m

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Location: Aarschot, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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