Furfooz

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Farm from the 18th century, with St. Peter's Church in the background

Furfooz is a village in the Belgian municipality of Dinant in the province of Namur in the Walloon Region .

It has about 150 inhabitants and is located nine kilometers from Dinant on the northern slope of the bank of the Lesse at an altitude of 210 meters. The area of ​​the district covers 6.82 km².

history

In the 50 hectare Furfooz nature reserve, founded in 1948, there are also the remains of a hilltop settlement from the Migration Period , which was protected by a stone wall. In the late 4th century the settlement was inhabited by a smaller number of Germanic warriors and their families. The warriors' task was probably to defend the frontier of the Roman Empire . Furfooz is known for many prehistoric finds that were made in the caves in the area. The first documented finds were made by Eduard Dupont in 1864 . Another well-known archaeologist working on site was Jacques Breuer . In 1866 the St. Peter's Church was built in the village. In 1977 the previously independent municipality came to the municipality of Dinant as part of a municipal reform.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Furfooz (English)
  2. ↑ Malcom Todd: The Time of the Migration Period. Konrad Theiss Verlag GMBH, Stuttgart, 2002. ISBN 3-8062-1723-8 (Translated into German by Tanja Ohlsen, Astrid Tillman; Original title: Migrants and Invaders-The Movement of Peoples in the Ancient World. Published by Tempus Publishing Inc., Charlestonm, England, 2001.)

Coordinates: 50 ° 13 '  N , 4 ° 58'  E