The old farmstead De Bockhof in Schimmert is a pearl in the Limburg landscape. This is where the Limburg song Wie sjoan os Limburg is". The building you see is from the 17th century; the place has been inhabited since the 12th century, The Pieterpad runs across the yard of this square farmstead, a fruit farm. Next to the farm is a pristine tithe barn, built with marl blocks. The style of the barn is local architecture, Maasland Renaissance. Near the farm you walk over the highest point of the Pieterpad: 130 metres. "Nearby is "The Giant of Schimmert", a characteristic water tower.
Wim van der Ende is een van de makers van het Pieterpad, de meest bekende wandeltocht door Nederland.
- auteur en fotograaf gidsen van het PIETERPAD.
- Karakteristieke foto's Nederlandse landschap.
- Ook andere wandelpaden: Trekvogelpad, Noaberpad, Maarten van Rossumpad, Utrechtpad, Overijssels Havezatenpad, Waterlinie..
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Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
Germany
Germany
Netherlands
Germany
Germany
Germany