Heathland Ponds with Trees – Heathland and Wetlands loop from Dukenburg

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Netherlands

Gelderland

Wijchen

Heathland Ponds with Trees – Heathland and Wetlands loop from Dukenburg

Moderate

4.3

(38)

154

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Heathland Ponds with Trees – Heathland and Wetlands loop from Dukenburg

03:01

12.0km

20m

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: July 29, 2026

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1.23 km

Bench with a View of Langeven Zuid

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The bench is a wonderful place to take a break. Your gaze wanders over the vast moor and heath landscape, lined with gnarled pines and sandy paths. The blue Langeven Zuid lake adds a particularly picturesque touch to the scene. Here you'll find a moment of peace in the midst of nature.

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8.90 km

Hatert and Overasselt Ponds

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The Hatertse and Overasseltse Vennen is an area of approximately 520 hectares in the municipalities of Heumen and Wijchen, province of Gelderland. The area consists of about twenty named pools. There are some beautiful (narrow) cycle paths through the area. The other trails are only accessible to hikers.

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9.47 km

Eponiemeven, Hatertse and Overasseltse Vennen

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Some impressions of the fen area

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9.47 km

Heathland Ponds with Trees

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A great walking area with almost every landscape imaginable: forest, heath, fens.

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10.2 km

Ruins of St. Walrick Chapel and the Koortsboom

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The chapel was built in the 15th century and was used by monks from the Abbey of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme who had a priory in the area. It was a late Gothic rectangular chapel. From the 17th century, part of the eastern wall with round-arched windows and part of the long walls remained as ruins. The chapel was dedicated to Saint Walricus (Walrick) who was regarded as the patron saint of the sick, especially those with fever.

In the middle of the 17th century the area came into private ownership and in the middle of the 19th century it came into the possession of the foundation De Algemeene Armen from Overasselt. There used to be a sacrificial block for the poor near the chapel. Several restorations took place and from the 1950s onward, the ruin acquired its current appearance. A statue of Our Lady with Child, made by Peter Roovers in 1953, was commissioned by the Lourdes group of the Catholic Scouts on the occasion of the centenary return of the statue of the Sweet Lady from Brussels to Den Bosch. The stone bricked under the statue comes from Lourdes. In 1986 Staatsbosbeheer transferred the area around the ruins to the Baet en Borgh foundation.

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