Meerle - Essen station through the Maatjes and along the Klot in corona time

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Último verificado: 15 mayo 2025
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From Antwerp's point of view, Essen station is the last railway station along line 12 before the Dutch border and the northernmost railway station in Belgium. The station in Essen was once the most important border station between Belgium and the Netherlands. Because the customs formalities were completed here for cross-border traffic, there are many sidings.
The current station building dates from 1901 and was built in eclectic style, with a metal support and lots of natural stone. The adjacent customs warehouse dates from the same period. Since 1896 there were also quarantine houses at this border station in which, until the 1970s, mainly fatty cattle were quarantined via a special unloading quay to check the animals for infectious diseases. In 1994, the quarantine stables located in the northwest of the station on the sharp corner between the current streets Grensstraat and Hemelrijk were legally protected as monuments. Between the customs shed and the quarantine stables, a part of the loading and unloading quay can still be seen where the cattle were removed from the train.

The landscape 'De Maatjes' is located in the Antwerp Noorderkempen, along the Dutch border, on the territory of the municipalities of Kalmthout and Wuustwezel. The area is bordered in the north by the Vissersstraat, in the west by the Wuustwezelsteenweg, in the south by the Hoofdbaanwatering and in the east by the Kruisvaartweg and the national border with the Netherlands. 'De Maatjes' is a cross-border nature reserve. The Dutch part is called 'De Matjens' and is managed by Staatsbosbeheer.

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Nivel de dificultad: Easy (43/100)

Longitud: 35,4 km

Duración: 02h21


Ascenso total: 60 m

Pendiente máxima: 1,7 %

Ascenso neto: -2 m

Descenso total: 62 m

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    Inicio y final de la ruta

    Dirección más cercana al inicio: Gemeenteplein, N128, Hoogstraten, België
    Dirección más cercana al final: Handelsstraat, Essen, België

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    1. War Memorial Meerle

      0 · POI
      War memorial on the south side of the parish church of St. Salvator. White stone superstructure on …
      Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
    2. Meerle

      0 · Sub-Municipality
      Meerle is a village in the Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten in the province of Antwerp. As of …
      Wikipedia
    3. Gendarmerie barracks with staff housing

      0 · POI
      Former gendarmerie barracks with staff housing, built circa 1913. Monumental volume of five bays …
      Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
    4. Mark

      0 · Market
      This meandering, idyllic river has its source in Merksplas. The babbling brook grows into a wide …
      Toerisme Provincie Antwerpen
    5. Farmhouse with separate components

      0 · Farm
      Farmhouse at the back with detached components: stable house of four and four bays and one storey …
      Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
    6. Village house with café

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      House with café, built circa 1935. Double house of five (ground floor) bays and two storeys under …
      Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
    7. Farmer's houses

      0 · House
      Two farm workers' houses of three bays each with adjoining stable bay and transverse barn of two …
      Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
    8. Meer

      0 · Sub-Municipality
      Meer is a village in the Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten in the province of Antwerp. As of …
      Wikipedia
    9. Monastery and school complex

      0 · Monastery
      The monastery and school complex, used as a municipal mixed primary school and chiropractic …
      Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
    10. Municipal Girls' School

      0 · Municipality
      Former first municipal girls' school, now library; first municipal school for boys and girls in …
      Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
    11. Neoclassical notary's house

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      Neoclassical notary's house with double house elevation of five bays and two storeys under tent …
      Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
    12. Notary's house

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      Former notary's house, built in 1886 by order of notary A. de Chaffoy, see bluestone plaque with …
      Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
    13. 1) The Meerpaal-Peekaboo

      0 · Arts Centre

      - Kindergarten gate = viewing box (book: "The Little Word Thief")

      Tom De Bie
    14. Vistrap Dijkweg

      0 · POI

      A fish ladder helps the fish to bridge hydraulic structures (dike, dam, weir or lock) by splitting …

      Toerisme Wuustwezel
    15. Wuustwezel

      0 · Viewpoint
      rural panorma with meadows and fields, typical of the Noorderkempen
      tvl
    16. Reclamation landscape De Maatjes

      0 · Landscape element

      The landscape 'De Maatjes' is located in the Antwerp Noorderkempen, along the Dutch border, on the …

      Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
    17. The Stub

      0 · Viewpoint from tower

      De Klot is a 7 meter high watchtower.

      Wim Blankers
    18. The Buddies / Matjens

      0 · Natural area

      It is a cross-border nature reserve that is called De Maatjes in Belgium and Matjens in the …

      De Wandelmaker
    19. Newnut

      0 · Sub-Municipality

      Nieuwmoer is the smallest of the five villages of Kalmthout in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

      Wim Blankers
    20. Newnut

      0 · Village

      A landscape and its inhabitants are the result of their past. This certainly applies to the …

      De Wandelmaker
    21. Boundary marker 234

      0 · Border

      The border post is located near the Lepelstraat, a former peat canal.
      A few years ago, there was a …

      Wim Blankers
    22. Stable house

      0 · House
      19th-century stable house with barn converted to the north surrounded by meadows. Anchored brick …
      Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
    23. Peat experience point Mikvaart

      0 · Information-centre
      Peat experience point Mikvaart At the intersection of Kraaienberg and Kievitstraat is a very nice …
      Wim Blankers
    24. Atlantis Funparks

      0 · Park
      Het park of recreatiegebied "Atlantis Funparks" is gelegen in Essen.
      RouteYou Public Account
    25. Old Presbytery

      0 · Monument
      The building and garden of the Old Presbytery have served as a community center since 1976 and are …
      Wikipedia
    26. Essen

      0 · Sub-Municipality
      Essen is a town and municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality has 19,029 …
      Wikipedia
    27. De kerselaer

      0 · Hotel
      tvl
    28. Kiekenhoeve

      0 · Museum
      Dagwandelaar2
    29. Essen railway station

      0 · Estación de tren
      Essen is a railway station in the town of Essen, Belgium. The station opened on 26 June 1854 on …
      Wikipedia
    30. Quarantine stables

      0 · Historical building

      Since 1896 there were also quarantine stables at this border station in which, until the 1970s, …

      Wim Blankers

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