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…
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…
Railway crossing and Café Damen, Heppen. (Edited and written by Patrick Cannaerts. Translation by Patrick Marquenie) September 8 1944. Around 3:00 pm a motorcycle relay had arrived at Oberleutnant Franz KOPKA, who at that time was standing at the Beverlo cemetery with his StuG. The relay says that he immediately…
The White or Small Castle. Around 1835, just after the birth of Belgium, ‘t Wit Kasteeltje was built on ground of Heppen, locally called the ‘Plakke’, right next to the redoubt pond where the presbystery later came. The State Archives of Hasselt has a military staff map from 1850 on…
In this booklet of Het Davidsfonds – Local History Circle Leopoldsburg-Heppen we find 2 routes: the “Pastoor Aertspad” and the “Turftrappers pad”. You can browse through the book below! Unfortunately it is in Dutch only
Flanders has more than 1700 city giants. Several cities have their giants that represent the city. We also have 5 giants in our village. History Giants have been around for centuries, and their numbers are still increasing. The original giants depict religious figures and stepped in processions, where they had…
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…
The article below was found in “Pastoor-Aertspad & Turftrapperspad” of the Davidsfonds and the local history circle Leopoldsburg-Heppen. Lambert Aerts was born in Boorsem on March 20, 1875, the year that the Davidsfonds was also founded. He was ordained a priest in 1900 and was successively teacher and principal of…
At the end of the nineteenth century, the transitional areas between Leopoldsburg and its surrounding municipalities gradually became densely populated. The expansion of the municipality was carefully prepared and executed. The streets and avenues were laid out before the construction could begin. In order to prevent a proliferation, the municipal…
The Heppen Mill (also known as Mill Zels) was a wooden windmill in the Molenbergstraat. The default mill was founded in 1853 by miller Felix LOOS from Balen, who transferred the mill elsewhere. His children took over the mill in 1862. In 1878 the mill was put on the name…
