Pleasure Tour Kelmis - "In the land of the calamine"

Description

Between pastures and arable land your gaze falls on the crests of the hills, most of which are covered by woods. Livestock grazes on the meadows in the valleys. Here we meet the Lontzen stream and follow it into Kelmis Forest. At the 'casino pond' we join the course of the Göhl for a while.
The fact that it flowed through one of Europe's largest zinc and lead deposits was a fateful circumstance for the Göhl. During the industrial revolution in the 19th century the mineral resources were mined extensively without any heed being paid to the fauna or flora. Today, the disused mining area has been completely redeveloped and renaturated.
This acknowledged conservation area can be explored on various different hiking paths, with information panels explaining the importance of calamine mining in former times for Kelmis and the surrounding country. After that, uphill to the Eyneburg and we walk on into a real picture-postcard forest. At dusk, we reach Lontzen.

Signposting: 57 - 15 - 99 - 68 - 53 - 35 - 49 - 87 - 77 - 33 - 99 - 69 - 41 - 65 - 80 - 1 - 18 - 22 - 46 - 99 - 57
Parking: Casinoweiher Kelmis or in Lontzen, behind the church
Equipment: hiking shoes

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