Scherpeberg
| Scherpeberg | ||
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 Scherpenberg |
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| height | 125 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | West Flanders , Belgium | |
| Mountains | Heuvelland | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 47 '39 " N , 2 ° 46' 53" E | |
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The Scherpeberg (also Scherpenberg ) is a 125 m high witness hill in West Flanders in the municipality of Heuvelland , between De Klijte and Loker . The name of the mountain comes from the fact that it lies alone and is strongly oriented towards the landscape. From the mountain you have a view of the source and the deeply cut bed of the Bruilloosbeek, which flows into the Kemmelbeek. The area is popularly known as Little Switzerland. The Scherpenbergbeek rises on the Scherpenberg.
Geographical location
The Scherpeberg is part of the central ridge in the Heuvelland, which also includes the Watenberg , Kasselberg , Wouwenberg , Katsberg , Boeschepeberg , Kokereelberg , Zwarteberg , Vidaigneberg , Baneberg , Rodeberg , Sulferberg , Goeberg , Monteberg , Kemmelberg and Lettenberg . To the south of this ridge is the basin of the river Leie , to the north of this ridge is the catchment area of the river Yser .
history
Excavations on the mountain brought evidence of traces of settlement from around 3000 BC. BC.
In 1622 a wooden flour mill and a tenement house were built on the mountain. In 1794 these are destroyed by French soldiers. The mill was rebuilt, but damaged by a hurricane on December 9th, 1800 and later restored. During the First World War , Berg and Mühle served as observation posts for the British General Staff. Bunkered sleeping places, a command post and a hospital were dug into the mountain at that time. There were also entrances to a number of tunnels that led to German-occupied Wijtschate . On August 14, 1916, the British King George V followed the shelling of his army on the German positions from the mill. On April 25, 1918, the mill caught fire during the Battle of Kemmelberg (part of the 1918 spring offensive) and was not rebuilt.
The Scherpeberg landscape has been protected since 1979.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Omer Vandeputte: Gids Voor Vlaanderen, Lannoo Uitgeverij, 2007, p. 547 [1]
- ↑ Peter Cuypers: Flandern, Lannoo Uitgeverij, 1989, p. 25 [2]
- ↑ Scherpenberg , hellingerroute.be
- ↑ H. Dierickx: Natuurlijk West-Vlaanderen / druk 1, Lannoo Uitgeverij, 2007, p. 69 [3]
- ↑ Peter Cuypers: Flandern, Lannoo Uitgeverij, 1989, p. 25 [4]
- ↑ Scherpenbergmolen , molenechos.org, accessed on October 16, 2018