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Eglegem Pond

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Eglegem Pond

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Location: Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

April 2, 2022

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Large recreational water feature.
History: The Eglegemvijver was dug at the end of the sixties as a sand extraction pit for the construction of the nearby E19 highway between Antwerp and Brussels.

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Willem VS

June 22, 2022

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The Eglegemvijver (unofficially also Put van Hombeek) is a large pond of 36 hectares located southwest of the Belgian city of Mechelen. The majority of the pond is located on the territory of Hombeek (Mechelen) in the province of Antwerp. The southernmost part of the pond is located on the territory of the municipality of Zemst in the province of Flemish Brabant. The domain is owned by the Flemish Government and is managed by the Agency for Nature and Forests (ANB).

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Claudine en Robert🇧🇪🚴

September 27, 2025

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The Eglegem Pond covers over 43 hectares and was created in the late 1960s as a sand extraction pit for the construction of the E19 motorway. During the winter, large flocks of waterfowl settle here, including shelduck, tufted duck, pochard, gadwall, grebe, coot, and black-headed gull.
Eco-friendly bank and roadside management is being implemented around the Eglegem Pond.

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Elevation 50 m

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