| Herstappe ((wa)Hestape) | |
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| The Tolhuys | |
| Information | |
| Country | .svg/20px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
|---|---|
| Regions | Limburg province Limburg Hesbaye |
| Area | 1,35 km² |
| Population | 78 hab. () |
| Density | 57,78 inhab./km² |
| Nice | Herstappien |
| Official language | Dutch |
| Other language | French, Walloon, Limburgish |
| Postal code | 3717 |
| Telephone prefix | 32 12 |
| Location | |
 50 ° 43 ′ 35 ″ N 5 ° 25 ′ 34 ″ E | |
Herstappe is a Dutch-speaking municipality with linguistic facilities for French-speaking people in the Limburg province in Belgium.
Understand
With his 1.35 km2, it is after Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and Koekelberg, the 3e smallest municipality of Belgium and with his 78 inhabitants, to , the least populated. It is made up of a single village whose municipal administration does not have a website. The names of the streets are in Dutch and French thanks to, or because of, its linguistic facilities. These facilities, acquired in 1954, prevented Herstappe from being absorbed by Tongeren in 1977 when the municipalities merged. For the first time in 12 years, municipal elections had to be organized in 2018 (2 electoral lists having presented themselves).
Apart from a post office and a police station (without any police officer), both in the town hall, you will find, in Herstappe, only a café-restaurant and a place of accommodation of the type Bed & Breakfast
Toponymy
The name Herstappe comes from Heir-stapel, which means "place of a heap, of a pile" and refers to the tumulus of Herstappe. The locality is mentioned for the first time as Hastaples in 1143.
To go
By train and public transport
The nearest train station is Tongeren station. From there, the only connection with a means of public transport is the one with the regular bus line. T3 de Lijn (Diets-Heur ↔ Herstappe) which runs from Mon. to sat..
For Sunday, it is possible to request the passage of the "busphone" no378 of the Tongeren region by calling 32 11 850300.
By car
Coming from the north :
from the highway E313, take the exit 32 ("Tongeren") and take the national road NOT79 in the direction of Tongeren. After Tongeren station, turn right into the ring road R72 (direction "Alle Richtingen"). After about 1,100 meters, take on the right the NOT79 (direction E40), then left the NOT69 (direction E40) and, finally, still on the left the NOT614 (direction 
Luik |E40
). Finally, take the 4e street to the left.
Coming from any other direction :
from the highway E40, take the exit 30 ("Crisnée") and take the national road NOT614 in the direction of Tongeren. After the roundabout which marks the intersection with the NOT3, continue straight ahead then take the 4e street to the right.
Distances, times and routes
(center to center)
| Destination | Distance | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| by the road | great circle | by car (about) | |
| Brussels | E40NOT61486 km | 76,4 km | 50 min |
| Cork | E40NOT61420 km | 16,4 km | 15 min |
Maastricht | NOT79NOT69NOT61427 km | 23,0 km | 30 min |
| Tongeren | NOT79NOT69NOT6148 km | 6,6 km | 08 min |
| Waremme | NOT69E40NOT61416 km | 12,4 km | 13 min |
| Routes via Herstappe |
| Koninksem (NOT69) ← | NNE  SSO | → Crisnée → Amay (NOT617) |
| Tongeren ← | '  'T3 | → Terminus |
Circulate
He has no traffic problems whether by car or bicycle. The only cycle path is the double cohabiting track along the national road NOT614. No other road network really requires a cycle path, but motorists should always remember that these are narrow roads where the crossing is sometimes difficult, especially if you come face to face with an agricultural convoy.
To see
- 1 Church of St. John the Baptist (Sint-Jan Baptist kerke) Kerstraat - rue de l'Église 4 –
(4 steps for the square and 3 steps for the entrance). Church in neo-Gothic style with a single nave which replaces the original church. Already described as in poor condition in 1711, it was demolished in 1858-1859 and replaced in 1869 by the current sanctuary. - 2 Toll house (Tolhuys) Dorpsstraat - rue du Village 10 – Built in 1770 by the prince bishop of Liège Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont on the main road connecting Cork To Looz, it was a toll station that allowed to maintain the road.
- 3 Haspenhoeve Dorpsstraat - rue du Village, 4 – Typical Hesbignonne square farmhouse dating from 1782. The entrance door to the south-east wing is built in a Louis XVI style. The house and part of the stables were rebuilt in 1832 on behalf of a notary and his wife, who resided there. Haspenhoeve means "hesbignonne farm".
Eat
- 't Tolhuys Dorpsstraat - rue du Village 10 (in the Toll house),
32 12 236144 
Mon.- sea. : 8 h - 18 h, Fri.- sat. : 8 h - 18 h. – 
(Terrace), (1 step at the entrance but very crowded inside). Brasserie and Italian cuisine. Possibility of only having a drink. Terrace.
Mon.- sea. : 
(Terrace), Have a drink / Go out
The only place to have a drink is the coffee shop ’T Tolhuys
Housing
- Haspenhoeve Bed & Breakfast Dorpsstraat - rue du Village, 4 (in the Haspenhoeve), 32 475 608810, e-mail : [email protected] room available from 17 h, to be released before 10 h 30.
Between 95 € and 134 € breakfasts included, half-board: 35 € per person for the 3-course evening menu. – 
free. 
. 6 double bedrooms. Patio garden plus garden extramural. pets not allowed. Free parking.
Between 
free. 
Communicate
- Post Office Dorpstraat - rue du Village 5 (in the communal house) Mon.- Tue. : 9 h 30 - 11 h 30. – (2 steps at the entrance).
withdrawal. All postal products and services, banking products.
withdrawal. All postal products and services, banking products.With regard to telephony, internet and Wireless, The entire municipality of Herstappe is covered by 3G and 4G networks allowing mobile telephony exchanges via your operator or via its home operator in Belgium (roaming) as well as paying digital data exchanges via the Wi-Fi network. The only free Wi-Fi network is that of the hotel Haspenhoeve Bed & Breakfast.
Manage the day-to-day
- 1 Communal house (Gemeentehuis) Dorpstraat - rue du Village 5, 32 12 235557 Mon.- Fri. : 10 h - 11 h. – (2 steps at the entrance).
Managing the day-to-day life in Herstappe means traveling outside the town for everything. The nearest shops are located at Lowaige, north, or Villers-L’Évêque and Otheus, At the South-East. For supermarkets, you will have to go to Tongeren, north, or Waremme, West. Likewise, for a banknote dispenser, except that of the post Office accessible only on Mon. and the Tue. of 9 h 30 To 11 h 30, you will have to go to Tongeren or to Waremme.
No member of the medical profession has an office in the municipality. Whether for a general practitioner, a dentist or a pharmacy, the closest are to Otheus. Hospitals with an emergency department are the2 A.Z. Vesalius in Tongeren and, for those who are afraid of not understanding anything at Dutch, although many Tongans are able to get by in French, the 3 Notre-Dame clinic in Waremme.
There is a police station in the town hall, but there is no police officer since there is no security problem. Apart from emergency cases requiring to call the <phone: 101> or the <phone: 112>, the local police of Tongeren to 32 12 800300 or the fire station of Looz to 32 11 248888.
Around
- 1 Tongeren (North) – considered, with Tournai, like the oldest city of the kingdom, it still has, in large part, its Gallo-Roman walls.
- 2 Heilige Huisje van Rutten (to the East) – Built at the beginning of XVe century, in memory of the battle of Othée from , the Chapel of the Holy Family was for a long time a place of pilgrimage to ask for the protection of livestock against diseases.
- 3 Tumulus of Herstappe (West) – TumulusGallo-Roman located along the national road NOT614, an old Gallo-Roman road linking Tongeren To Amay. With a diameter of 32 meters away and a height of 8 meters, it was the subject of extensive excavations in 1895 but found empty. However, traces of previous excavations have been discovered, probably drilling by French soldiers in the XVIIe century in view of the technique used for these boreholes.
- 4 Maastricht (to North-east) – One of the oldest towns in Netherlands which contains many architectural gems.
- 5 Cork (At the South-East) –
The capital of eponymous province and, although over a thousand years old, still bustling with activity and a tourist center of certain interest that deserves more than a simple visit.
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