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Hoeve Dieseghem – Marked Veteran Trees WWI loop from Mortsel

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Hoeve Dieseghem – Marked Veteran Trees WWI loop from Mortsel

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Hoeve Dieseghem – Marked Veteran Trees WWI loop from Mortsel

01:56

7.65km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 30, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.47 km

Wooden Dragonfly Sculpture

Highlight • Structure

You can find this beautiful dragonfly at the intersection of the old railway embankment and the Little Switzerland South Entry Point

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1.79 km

Hoeve Dieseghem

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The Dieseghem farm, as we know it today, is the only remnant of the Frankish villa 'Tissengien', which before the 11th century included the current Mortsel, Hove and Edegem. It …

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1.87 km

Information board and access to Klein-Zwitserland Nature Reserve

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Here you can also sit at the picnic table and eat comfortably.

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1.95 km

Amphibian Pond, Klein Zwitserland South, Mortsel

Highlight • Natural

From Cattle Pool to Amphibian Pool.
In 2017, the old cattle pond was re-excavated and closed to the public to protect the recovering nature. Frogs, toads and salamanders soon find …

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3.34 km

Rest benches

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Here you can sit and enjoy the surroundings with a view of the moat

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3.43 km

Left Caponier

Highlight • Historical Site

A Caponnière is an extension on which flanking guns were positioned to fire on the fort moat.

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3.69 km

Main front

Highlight • Historical Site

The main front was protected by the caponier, an island facing the enemy consisting of two bomb-proof flanks and a triangle in which a central corridor was connected to the …

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4.92 km

Marked Veteran Trees WWI

Highlight • Natural Monument

A nice sturdy walking path allows you to discover the fort from the outside. Several scarred veteran trees on the ring road are silent witnesses. More than 100 years ago …

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7.65 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.18 km

2.98 km

1.36 km

115 m

Surfaces

3.74 km

2.84 km

563 m

414 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 15 August

26°C

16°C

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Comments

October 15, 2023,Mortsel Fort 4 & Klein Zwitserland

Mortsel Fort 4 and Little Switzerland is a theme walk between 'Then & Now'. What do Fort 4 and Little Switzerland have in common? Both have traces of the past.

Our walk starts at the free public parking Fort 4. You cannot think of a better start to our history walk than at Cantecroy Castle. This castle is originally one …

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Hoeve Dieseghem – Marked Veteran Trees WWI loop from Mortsel

Wooden Dragonfly Sculpture

Hoeve Dieseghem

Information board and access to Klein-Zwitserland Nature Reserve

Amphibian Pond, Klein Zwitserland South, Mortsel

Rest benches

Left Caponier

Main front

Marked Veteran Trees WWI

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