Duck Decoy and Keeper's Cottage Donkmeer

Duck Decoy and Keeper's Cottage Donkmeer

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Duck Decoy and Keeper's Cottage Donkmeer

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Location: Berlare, Dendermonde, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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January 10, 2022

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On an island in the Donkmeer lies the Eendenkooi, the "duck cage", which dates back to 1678. Until shortly after 1930 it was used to store ducks that were caught …

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Dominiek Van Dooren

November 11, 2024

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The redevelopment of the duck decoy is part of the Berlare Broek-Donkmeer nature development project. This project fits in with the vision of the Berlare municipal council to give the popular Donkmeer and its surroundings a contemporary look. The site of the duck decoy was given a thorough makeover. It was redeveloped with respect for the most vulnerable zones and remains open to the public.
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DirkWi

April 4, 2024

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The small white building near the duck decoy, the cage house, was never a home, but the decoy man could warm himself by the fireplace, store his maintenance materials, temporarily store the captured ducks and possibly also spend the night in a sleeping alcove during a busy fishing period.

This cage house burned down in 1995 and was rebuilt in 1997.
On an old picture card, depicted on the information board against the wall of the house, published around 1913, we see the cage man Sander Goossens with his dog at the then cage house.

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