Category: <span>Did-You-Know-That</span>

the municipality of Leopoldsburg wants to sell a lot of historical buildings?

A municipality that prides itself on attaching importance to its past apparently has NO PROBLEM getting rid of historic buildings. We can already imagine how these buildings will have to make way for new construction without any hesitation. Four of the buildings for sale are the following: We hope that…

coal was drilled in Heppen?

Based on the text “Heppen rond de jaren 1900 Deel 3 van 3” (magazine De HEIKAPPER – Year 40 – April 2021 – nb 1) Translation by Patrick MARQUENIE The first drilling of the entire circumference, before Beringen, was done in Heppen, behind the station (Beringsesteenweg, before the border with…

There are beautiful stamps of Leopoldsburg, Heppen and the Camp Beverlo?

I am not a stamp collector myself, but on my search for postcards I did come across a number of beautiful stamps (and have therefore purchased them). On the right and below you can see my, without a doubt, limited collection. If you are still looking for yourself, I still…