Kalmthout Heath

View of the Kalmthout Heath from the top of its watchtower, on 11 September 2005.
View of the Kalmthout Heath from the top of its watchtower, on 11 September 2005.
Marked and numbered sheep within a fenced area of the Kalmthout Heath, on 11 September 2016.
Marked and numbered sheep within a fenced area of the Kalmthout Heath, on 11 September 2016.

The Kalmthout Heath (Dutch: Kalmthoutse Heide) is one of the oldest and largest nature reserves of Flanders,[1] bordering the Netherlands and part of the Dutch-Belgian cross-border park De Zoom – Kalmthoutse Heide.[2] It used to be part of a vastly larger European heath landscape. Its name stems from its location: the Belgian municipality Kalmthout.[1]

It has been protected as a landscape since 1941, and officially became a state reserve (Dutch: staatsreservaat) in 1964 due to a petition of over 100,000 signatures.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Kalmthoutse Heide". Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Grenspark De Zoom - Kalmthoutse Heide". Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. ^ Natuurbescherming, Grenspark De Zoom - Kalmthoutse Heide, retrieved 12 September 2016