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Zoutleeuw Town Center – Cloth Hall of Zoutleeuw loop from Zoutleeuw

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Zoutleeuw Town Center – Cloth Hall of Zoutleeuw loop from Zoutleeuw

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Zoutleeuw Town Center – Cloth Hall of Zoutleeuw loop from Zoutleeuw

02:26

41.3km

150m

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Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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Zoutleeuw Town Center

Highlight • Settlement

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The elongated building next to the town hall (to the right of the lion on the steps of the town hall in one of the photos) is the former cloth hall. Built after Duke John III had given permission, after his visit to the city around 1316. Used alternately as a bread house (1359), alderman's house (1361), cloth and meat hall (1368 and 1374 respectively) and finally as a guild chamber. Immovable Heritage Inventory 2024: Lakenhalle, id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/43128

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Transport XX Memorial – Zoutleeuw

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Memorial for Deportees.

This memorial was dedicated to the mother of Simon Gronowski, a lawyer and humanist. She placed her son, then 11 years old, a little further up the steps of the train car.
His jump was the stepping stone to freedom and life.
She continued her journey with her daughter until their deaths in the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Historical interpretation of the major event:

The 20th (XXth) train convoy took place in April 1943. The transport consisted of 1,630 Jewish prisoners from Camp Mechelen in Belgium. They were being transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Three young Belgian men forced the transport between Boortmeerbeek and Haacht to stop. 231 deportees managed to escape, of whom 115 remained on the run, 90 were recaptured, and 26 were shot during their escape.

This was the largest operation to rescue Jews from a train to Auschwitz.

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