Land of Herve

The Pays de Herve (Dutch village of Herve, French Pays de Herve ) refers to a landscape that is north of the Belgian province of Liège and thus in Wallonia. The region covers an area of approximately 450 km ².

Geography

The region is bordered to the north by the Voerstreek, on the east by the Hertogenwald and the Belgian Eifel, in the south of the Ardennes and to the west by the River Meuse valleys. The name was inspired area of ​​the city Herve in the south of the county of that long represented the most important market in the area. While in the countryside of the transition to the Meuse valleys, the Eifel and the Ardennes runs very abruptly, the Land of Herve in the north is much more fluid into the Voerstreek and Zuid- Limburg.

Historically, the area belonged to the French Revolution on the one hand to the Duchy of Limburg, which was the seat of Herve one of the five high benches (next Sprimont, Baelen Montzen and Walhorn ), and on the other hand to the county Dalhem under the tutelage of the Duchy of Brabant.

Special

The Land of Herve offers a very green appearance. The plateau is characterized by small hills of 200 to 350 meters above sea level, little forest land, mainly pasture and orchards, which are enclosed by typical hedges. The highest point of the landscape is located 354 m OP in an area with water towers, a little west of Henri- Chapelle. In addition to some modern industrial areas along the A3 motorway here are mainly agriculturally used areas. The region is known ( partly made with pears, also known to find Liege syrup ) especially for his Hervekaas, moreover, butter, apples, pears, sparkling apple wine, apple syrup, fine meats and the abbey beer from the brewery of the cloister Val- Dieu.