Bruyère Landuyt

Bruyère Landuyt is a locality in Braine-le-Château, Arrondissement of Nivelles, Wallonia. Bruyère Landuyt is situated nearby to the quarter Les Fonds, as well as near the hamlet Les Quarante Bonniers.

Places of Interest

Highlights include K-W Line and Nizelles Abbey.

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.

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 3 km southeast of Bruyère Landuyt.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wauthier-Braine and Haut-Ittre.

Wauthier-Braine

Village

Photo: Romaine, CC0.

Wauthier-Braine is a village.

Haut-Ittre

Village

Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Haut-Ittre is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Bruyère Landuyt.

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 4½ km south of Bruyère Landuyt.

Bruyère Landuyt

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Bruyère Landuit”, “Bruyere Landuyt”, and “Landuit”
Category: forest
Location: Braine-le-Château, Arrondissement of Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.68852° or 50° 41′ 19″ north

Longitude

4.28731° or 4° 17′ 14″ east

Elevation

55 metres (180 feet)

Open location code

9F26M7QP+CW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 166662395

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2800847

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