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Konik horses
These robust horses graze these heaths. The Konik horses live outside the whole year and eat grasses, herbs and even bark and twigs. It is best to admire these beautiful animals from afar: they are not domestic animals!
Sheep grazing
From April to October, the shepherd leads his flock of sheep through the alleys of Colony 5-7. The woolly grazers keep the roadsides short and are fun to watch!
Camping area
Managed by the Agentschap voor Natuur & Bos, this camping zone offers space for 3 tents or 10 people. In the summer, you’ll find a water pump and a fire pit here.
More information about the camping zone can be found on the website www.natuur
Moat
This moat was dug at the end of the nineteenth century to prevent vagrants escaping from Merksplas Colony. The idea was to encircle the entire Colony. The moat is 6.5 km long, however, it was never completed in the south.
Landloperskapel
The Landloperskapel, or vagrants’ chapel, of Merksplas Colony was built at the end of the 19th century after designs by Victor Besme. It is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. This large and spacious chapel with a robust brick tower is part of a w
Grote Hoeve
Grote Hoeve is a large farm complex with no less than fourteen buildings. The farm was built in 1880 along the lines of monastic architecture: long buildings that surround a large, rectangular courtyard with a pond in the middle. The buildings were d
Cemetary Merksplas
227 anonymous white crosses stud the cemetery. Most of them bear no name, only a number. More than 6,000 vagrants have been laid to rest here.
The Small Farm
Vagrants received training in farming craft. Today a botanical garden or arboretum has been laid out on the grounds behind the Small Farm. More information
Biesven
This low-lying area is ecologically important for waterfowl and other animal species.