Sint-Pieters Chapel Vechmaal – Heers Castle loop from Waremme

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Sint-Pieters Chapel Vechmaal – Heers Castle loop from Waremme

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Sint-Pieters Chapel Vechmaal – Heers Castle loop from Waremme

02:28

41.2km

260m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Train Station

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11.3 km

Picnic Area at Château d'Otrange

Highlight (Segment) • Rest Area

Pleasant country path behind the Château d'Otrange.

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22.5 km

Sint-Pieters Chapel Vechmaal

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The Sint-Pieters chapel in Vechmaal (Heers) is a Romanesque chapel, the plan of which describes a hall church with a nave of two bays and a choir of a straight bay with a flat closure. The chapel is located in the middle of a rich orchard and along the east side of a triangular square where four field roads intersect. A number of village houses are grouped around her. The chapel is surrounded by a cemetery with a hedge.

Immovable Heritage Inventory 2023: St. Peter's Chapel, id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/32215

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23.5 km

Gallo-Roman Tumulus of Vechtmaal

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The tumuli of Gutschoven and Vechmaal belong to the collective memory of the residents of Heers and surrounding areas. Although originally erected as striking grave monuments, today they blend into the vast Haspengouw landscape.

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24.5 km

Chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

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The small wayside chapel stands for constant support for the believer.

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25.4 km

Sint-Lambertus Church

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The ownership of the church was first mentioned in 1181. The church belonged to the St. Martin Chapter of Liège, which had patronage rights and tithes here. Part of the tithe belonged to the Tongeren chapter.
In 1521 it was restored using stones from Shechem.
In 1715 the tower was in a dilapidated state and repair work was being carried out.
Between 1799 and 1802 the church was closed during the French occupation.
Repair work was carried out in 1823, 1824, 1874, 1878 and 1886.
In 1860, the completely dilapidated tower was demolished and replaced by a new tower, the current one.
In 1897 the church was restored.
In 2000 the organ was placed under monument protection.

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28.9 km

Heers Castle

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The castle has a history dating back to the 13th century.
Charles the Bold and his troops destroyed this gem after their victory at the Battle of Brustem in 1467.
The castle was rebuilt in 1500. It was again confronted with a German occupation in 1681, and subsequently fell into complete disrepair.
The government seized it in 2007 and renovation works have been underway since then.

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32.6 km

Viewing platform in the Open Field

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A chair and a bench at a lonely height to enjoy all the natural beauty.

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33.7 km

Batsheers Church

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St Stephen's Church

The brick building is an aisleless church built in a sober, classical-baroque style and consists of an extended, flat west tower with a constricted needle spire, a single-aisled nave with three bays and a choir with a three-sided choir closure. The sacristy has been built against the east facade of the choir. The building partly has a plinth of silex and corner bands of limestone, which may be the remnants of the original Romanesque church. The building also features a brick licorice pattern under the eaves of the nave, choir and tower, brick pilasters at the corners, and arched windows in the nave framed in limestone with regular bond neg blocks and chanterelle lintels. The tower has an arched portal in the west facade with a rectangular limestone frame with two neg blocks and neuten, above which is the coat of arms of the builder Abbot Frederic Van de Panhuy

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