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Flemish Brabant

City Park

Flemish Brabant

City Park

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City Park

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Mountain biking

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

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February 12, 2022

Hiking

On January 1, 1798, notary Guillaume Crampen bought the garden, an orchard and meadows of the former convent of the sisters of Danebroek. The sisters had been ordered to leave their convent on November 11, 1796.

Notary Crampen sold on the majority of the purchased land to Felix Loyaerts, rentier and descendant of a prominent Tiense family, who had a house built there at the beginning of the 19th century.

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December 13, 2024

Hiking

The city park used to be the garden of the home of former diplomat Vanden Bossche, scion of the entrepreneurial family that founded the first sugar factory in Tienen, and …

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December 13, 2024

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The "goed Van den Bossche" which consisted of a house and the park was bought in 1798 by notary G. Crampen. The orchard was sold a little later to Felix Loyaerts who had a house built there in the nineteenth century. After many more changes, the house was inhabited from 1928 by Paul-Georges Kronacker, but only as delegated manager of the NV Tiense Suikerraffinaderij. Hotel Kronacker has been located there since 2018. More about the history of the hotel/house and park at hotelkronacker.be/nl/p/geschiedenis

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Beguinage and Beguinage Church – Beguinage Church Ruins, Tienen loop from Tienen

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City Park – The Hommel Path loop from Tienen

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Rozendaalbeekvallei Pond – Rozendaalbeek Valley loop from Tienen

22.4km

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Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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

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