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The Schransbossen

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The Schransbossen

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Location: Putte, Mechelen, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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Viviane

March 11, 2025

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The Ferraris map from 1777 shows us a forest area of several dozen hectares between the current Wolzakken road and the Leuvensebaan. The presence of grasslands deep into the forest is striking. The forest was used for convenience and coppicing for a long time. The forests along the Wolzakken in particular have largely disappeared in the meantime. Now there are only wood edges and sometimes reforested plots with, among other things, poplar and, on the drier parts, Scots pine. The Schranshoeve was also prominently present in the landscape in the 18th century.

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Viviane

March 11, 2025

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The nature reserve is located in a local depression where for a long time all the finer, organic and loamy material from the surroundings such as Beerzelberg was washed in …

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In the higher areas (tertiary dunes) a heathland (Kalverheide) developed. Since these dry areas were the most suitable for building, the heathland has almost completely disappeared.

In 1998, the first part of the area came into the ownership of the non-profit organisation Natuurreservaten, the predecessor of Natuurpunt. In 2002, the status of recognised nature reserve was obtained. Since 2007, after an initial expansion, the area managed by Natuurpunt amounts to 23 ha.

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