The hamlet of ‘de Boskant’ is the oldest hamlet in Leopoldsburg. When the camp was built, the first citizen settlements were erected south of the infantry camp. It consisted mainly of shabby barracks and cafes. The most crowded café was that of ‘Coletteke Rijstpap’, where the soldiers came to eat…
The hamlet ‘het Geleeg’ owes its name to a farm that was built in 1837 by a certain Jan Willems from Leuven and named ‘het Geleeg’. Jan Willems was in fact a beer brewer who saw good livelihoods in the military camp. In 1844, however, he sold his estate to…
In 1854, the government decided to expand the military domain towards Helchteren and release the training grounds under Heppen and Leopoldsburg. Just like on ‘Strooiendorp’, more than 170 hectares of land were sold by the municipality of Beverlo in 1857 and could be built on the ‘Asdonckheide’ (Asdonck heather), which…
The center is located in the heart of Leopoldsburg and can be divided into three neighborhoods.The central part where all major facilities such as shops, catering establishments, banks and almost all public buildings are found. It is the heart of Leopoldsburg where the weekly market takes place. The Sint-Antoniuswijk (district),…
The hamlet of Strooiendorp lies between the military domain, the canal and the center. Already in 1857, after Beverlo had sold a large piece of heather, 296 hectares of land, divided into 204 lots, were sold. In 1870 a new development plan was drawn up for this northern part of…
