L’Ermitage

L’Ermitage is a quarter in Braine-le-Château, Arrondissement of Nivelles, Wallonia. L’Ermitage is situated nearby to the hamlet La Ramée, as well as near the quarter La Baraque.

Places of Interest

Highlights include K-W Line and Braine Castle.

K-W Line

Ruins

Photo: WO2, Public domain.

The Koningshooikt–Wavre Line, abbreviated to KW Line and often known as the Dyle Line after the Dijle river, was a 60-kilometre-long fortified line of defence prepared by the Belgian Army between Koningshooikt and Wavre which was intended to protect Brussels from a possible German invasion. K-W Line is situated 2½ km north of L’Ermitage.

Braine Castle

Residential building

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

Braine Castle is a castle in Braine-le-Château, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium. In 649 the Abbess of Mons St. Waudru ceded her "land of Ittre", including Braine, to the Chapter of Mons.

Nizelles Abbey

Park

Photo: Grentidez, CC0.

Nizelles Abbey was an abbey of Cistercian monks located in Wallonia in Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac in Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium, on a short distance to the south of Brussels. Nizelles Abbey is situated 3½ km east of L’Ermitage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wauthier-Braine and Ittre.

Wauthier-Braine

Village

Photo: Romaine, CC0.

Wauthier-Braine is a village.

Ittre

Village

Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ittre is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. Since the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977, the municipality is composed of three districts: Haut-Ittre, Ittre and Virginal-Samme. Ittre is situated 2½ km south of L’Ermitage.