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Wanenberg

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Schinnen

The Wanenberg is a hill with a height of 100 meters above NAP. It is located between the towns of Munstergeleen, Windraak and Puth and is part of the Geleenbeekdal nature reserve. The hill forms part of the western escarpment of the Plateau van Doenrade along the Geleenbeek valley.

The Wanenberg is actually an old river terrace, which has shaped the river Maas during history by changing its course. The steep slopes form the transition from the high terrace (the plateau) to the middle terrace (the valley). Due to the creation of the Steengrub, a dry valley or grub that cuts through the plateau on the southern side of the hill, the Wanenberg became a round bulge that is now surrounded on two sides by valleys.

The difference in height between the top and the foot of the slopes of the Wanenberg is approximately 35 meters. The slopes are covered by remnants of slope forest, which line the agricultural fields on the top. The main remnant of this hillside forest is the Hondskerk, in which nature organization IVN has developed a botanical garden. Parts of the Wanenberg/Hondskerk have been managed by the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten since 1997.

From the edges of the Wanenberg one has a wide view over the Western Mining Region. The municipality of Schinnen has set out several marked hiking trails on and around the hill. The Wanenberg is popular with cyclists because of its climb, which has an average gradient of 5.1 percent. The steepest part of the climb has a gradient of around 8 percent.

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