| Waimes ((of)Weismes - (wa) Waime) | |
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| Reinhardstein Castle | |
| Information | |
| Country | .svg/20px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
|---|---|
| Region | Province of Liège |
| Lake | Robertville |
| Watercourse | Warche, Ambleve, Roer |
| Area | 96,93 km² |
| Population | 55 083 hab. () |
| Density | 568,28 inhab./km² |
| Nice | Would like |
| Official languages | French , German |
| Postal code | 4950 |
| Telephone prefix | 32 80 |
| Location | |
 50 ° 27 ′ 53 ″ N 6 ° 7 ′ 37 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Waimes is a French-speaking municipality with linguistic facilities for German-speakers partly on the plateau of High Fens in the province of Liège in Belgium. It is also on its territory that the highest point of the country is located.
Understand
Tourist information
- 1 Waimes Tourist-Info Center Street 21b,
32 80 329867, e-mail : [email protected] – 
(1 step at the entrance). - 2 Robertville Visitor Information Center Centrale street 53, 32 80 446475, e-mail : [email protected] –
(1 step at the entrance).To go
Distances, times and routes
Distance and time table from Waimes
(center to center)
(center to center)
| Destination | Distance | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| by the road | great circle | by car (about) | in transport in common | |
| Brussels | E40E42NOT62NOT632157 km | 133,4 km | 1 h 45 min | |
| Eupen | NOT6829,8 km | 24,5 km | 25 min | 42 min* |
| Cork | E25E40E42NOT62NOT63265,5 km | 44,8 km | 50 min | |
| Malmedy | NOT62NOT6326,9 km | 6,0 km | 10 min | 25 min** |
| St. Vith | E42NOT62NOT63224,4 km | 15,2 km | 45 min | 1 h 10 min* |
| Spa | NOT62NOT63228 km | 19,5 km | 30 min | |
| Verviers | E42NOT62NOT63233 km | 26,2 km | 35 min | 32 min*** |
Aachen |  NOT6851 km | 40,2 km | 1 h | |
| Montjoie |   NOT669NOT64724,2 km | 18,3 km | 30 min | |
| * Bus line TEC noto 394 (“Sourbrodt Poste” stop) ** Bus line TEC noto 845 (“Robertville Center” stop) *** Bus line TEC noto 390 (“Sourbrodt Poste” stop) | ||||
| Routes via Waimes |
| (NOT68) End ← | NOT  S | → St. Vith (NOT626) |
| (NOT62) Baugnez ← | O  E | → Butgenbach → Loseimergraben (german border) |
| Aachen ← Montjoie ← | NOT  S | → St. Vith → Three Virgins |
| Circuit ← | NOT  S | → Circuit |
Circulate
To see
- Hautes Fagnes state nature reserve –
- 1 Richelsley Rock (Richel ley) –
This imposing structure of Quarreux pudding formed over 400 million years ago 80 meters long and 12 meters from above. The unusual presence here at 560 meters above sea level of the highest rock in Benelux comes from the fact that if the other surrounding rocks were completely eroded over the millennia, it is thanks to the succession of periods of frost and thaw that this large isolated block found its way from the depths of the earth to finally rise to the area. This rock received its name in XIIe century of Richwin, the founder of Richwinstein Castle, currently Reichenstein monastery. At its summit, firmly anchored, sits a large, heavy and massive cross of 6 meters tall and about 1.4 tons. Called Kreuz im Venn ("Croix en Fagnes"), it is accessed via a staircase of 31 steps and was erected in 1890 by the abbot of Kalterherberg, Gérard Joseph Arnoldy to honor the memory of Stephan Horrichem (1639-1686), prior of the Reichenstein monastery and architect of its reconstruction. In a crevice of the northeast face of the rock is nested a Virgin representing Our Lady of Lourdes and installed in 1894 by the parishioners of Kalterherberg. - 2 Botrange signal rue de Botrange (NOT676) – Highlight of Belgium and Ardennes massif To 694 meters. Behind the telecommunication tower and the restaurant, there is the Baltia hill, a mound of earth raised in 1923 making it possible to artificially reach the symbolic altitude of 700 meters.
- 3 Tranchot pyramid (behind the Butte Baltia at the Signal de Botrange) – geodesic terminal placed in 1806 by the Napoleonic captain Joseph Tranchot at exactly 694 meters above sea level. 80 centimeters high, on one of its faces is engraved an equilateral triangle with the Roman numeral "I" to certify that it is a point of triangulation, below, three circles which prove that it s 'acts of a first order point and, lower still the text « botranche a tranchot » the full meaning of which could not be established. The other two terminals of the triangulation are located one, at 263.8 meters altitude, on the "Lousberg" north ofAachen and the other, at 697 meters altitude, on the "Schwarzer Mann" north-west of Prüm.
- 3 Tranchot pyramid (behind the Butte Baltia at the Signal de Botrange) –
- 4 Park House rue de Botrange 131, 32 80 440300, e-mail : [email protected]
Mon.- Fri. : 9 h - 17 h, sat.- Sun. : 10 h - 18 h. 
adult : 6 €, senior: 5 €, <18 years old: 3 €. – To know everything about the Hautes Fagnes: its climate, its subsoil, its history, its fauna, its flora, screening of a film. Souvenir shop, brasserie-restaurant (Fagn'eteria), playground for 6 to 12 years old, electric bicycle rental. Organization of chariot rides, guided tours. - 5 Reinhardstein Castle (Burg Metternich) Cheneux path 50, 32 80 446868, 32 80 446440 (castle chapel) sat.- Sun. : 11 h - 16 h (departure of the visit every hour with the last one 16 h), sea. : 14 h 30 (departure of the visit). guided tour (duration 1 h 15) : adult 8,5 € ; senior, <18 years old, student with his card 6,5 € ; <5 years free. – (in part). It was in 1354 that Renard de Waimes, hence the name "Reinhardstein" meaning "rock of Renard", began construction of the castle in shale while building on certain Celtic foundations and incorporating elements of earlier Roman and Carolingian fortresses. After 1812, the castle was abandoned and ended up being sold to a building materials contractor who began to dismantle the castle and resell the stones until 1815 when, having become Prussian territory, a first restoration campaign was undertaken. After a new period of abandonment, the ruins of the castle were bought in 1965 by an enlightened amateur, the Brussels professor Jean Overloop, who died in 1994 and whose body rests in the crypt of the castle chapel. After carrying out, in 18 months, an intelligent reconstruction, based on the old engravings of the XVIIIe century and an in-depth study in other castles of the same type in Eifel, he also refurnished the burg from his private collection and even made sure that it was accessible to visitors from 1970. In addition to the guided tour, many activities are organized in the Reinhardstein estate and, every second Saturday of the month at 18 h, a sung mass is celebrated in the castle chapel.
- 6 Reinhardstein waterfall (Ovifat valley) – The Ovifat stream flows in successive stages, along a gully shaped by the stream in the rock for more than 40 meters until the last vertical jump with a height of 9 meters which makes it, after the Coo waterfall, the second highest waterfall in Belgium.
- 7 Robertville dam and lake – Built in 1928, it supplies drinking water to the city of Malmedy and, via a pipeline of 5.4 kilometers, supplies power to the Rocked who can produce 21,500,000 kWh / year. From a height of 54.5 meters, its crest length is 182 meters away. The lake, with an area of 62 hectares, allows fishing, boating, swimming and scuba diving.
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Walks
- Chariot bench route de Botrange 131 (to the Park House), 32 80 440300, e-mail : [email protected] from the first Saturday in April to the first Sunday in November: departure from 11 h and to 14 h. (reservation required by phone or online) adult: 6 €, senior: 5 €, child: 3 €. –
2 h ride in a 22-seater bench chariot pulled by an agricultural tractor through forest paths and fagnard moors.
Sports
Snow sports
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Alpine skiing
sled
Cross-country skiingEvents
- Medieval festival Cheneux path 50 (to Reinhardstein castle), 32 80 446868, e-mail : [email protected] last weekend of July from 10 to 19 h. adult : 12 €, senior, <18 years old: 10 €. – Craftsmen, magicians, jugglers, fire eaters, combat demonstrations and falconry show. Sale of local and artisanal products. Free parking at the Ovifat ski slope with free shuttle.
To buy
Eat
- 1 Mount Rigi route de Botrange 135, 32 80 444844 (2015) à la carte: between 9 € and 20 €, menus between 25 € and 33 €, children's menu: 25 €. – Brasserie cuisine. Ample parking.
- 2 The Signal de Botrange route de Botrange 133, 32 80 447843 (2015) between 12 € and 20 € (the map). – Brasserie cuisine. Ample parking.
- Fagn'eteria rue de Botrange 131 (in the Park House), 32 80 445359, e-mail : [email protected] Tue.- Fri. : 10 h - 17 h, sat.- Sun. : 10 h - 18 h.
- 3 Au Cheval Blanc Center Street 20, 32 80 679363, e-mail : [email protected] –
in the 2021 Michelin guide, 
to the Gault and Millau 2021 guide. - 4 Woodwork Champagne 12, 32 80 444485 –
in the 2021 Michelin guide, 
to the Gault and Millau 2021 guide. - Hotel des Bains (Jean-Pierre Robert) (in L'Hotel des Bains & Wellness), 32 80 679571 –
- Cyrano rue de la Gare 23-25 (in the hotel Cyrano), 32 80 679989 – to the Gault and Millau 2021 guide.
- At Gerty rue de la Gare 25 (in the hotel Cyrano), 32 80 679989 – to the Gault and Millau 2021 guide.
in the 2021 Michelin guide, 
to the Gault and Millau 2021 guide.
in the 2021 Michelin guide, 
to the Gault and Millau 2021 guide.Have a drink / Go out
Housing
Campsites
- 1 Belle-Vue Campsite Champagne, 32 495 457915, e-mail : [email protected]
- 2 Camping La Plage route des Bains 33, 32 476 607855, e-mail : [email protected]
Hotels
- 3 Hautes Fagnes stopover gîte rue des Charmilles 69, 32 80 444677, e-mail : [email protected] –
- 4 Thatched Cottage rue du Barrage 23, 32 80 446339, e-mail : [email protected]
- 5 Cyrano rue de la Gare 23-25, 32 80 679989, e-mail : [email protected] –
- 6 Hotel Hotleu rue de Hottleux 106, 32 80 679705, e-mail : [email protected]
- 7 Domaine des Hautes Fagnes rue des Charmilles 67, 32 80 446987, e-mail : [email protected] –
- 8 Hotel des Bains & Wellness Haelen 2, 32 80 679571, e-mail : [email protected] –
Bed and breakfast and rural lodgings
- 9 The Old Farm Steinbach 31, 32 80 678316, e-mail : [email protected] – free.
- 10 The Romance of the Lake rue du Barrage 19, 32 80 444163, e-mail : [email protected]
- 11 The House of the Lake route des Bains 1, 32 81 340614, e-mail : [email protected]
- 12 Under the Beeches route des Bains 19, 32 81 340614, e-mail : [email protected]
- 13 Marie's Favorite rue Machurée Fontaine 11, 32 496 101395, e-mail : [email protected] –
- 14 Lodge du Lac rue du Barrage 5, 32 80 348150, e-mail : [email protected] –
Rentals
- 15 Appart - Hotel Dry les Courtis route des Bains 2, 32 80 445863, e-mail : [email protected]
Communicate
Manage the day-to-day
Administration
Banks
Health
Cults
Catholic
- Reinhardstein castle chapel Cheneux path 50 (in the Reinhardstein castle), 32 80 446440 every second Saturday of the month at 18 h. – Sung mass.
Security
Around
- 1 Cork (to the northwest) – Capital of the eponymous province and, although more than a thousand years old, still overflowing with activity and tourist center of certain interest which deserves more than a simple visit.
- 2 Eupen (North) – Small, very dynamic town and capital of the German-speaking community of Belgium.
- 3 Aachen (North) – Former city of the emperor's main residence Charlemagne which conceals many monuments and museums.
- 4 Montjoie (to North-east) – Small town whose historic center of XVIIIe century is beautifully preserved.
- 5 Malmedy (West) – Capital of a former principality, it is especially famous for its carnival.
- 6 Spa (West) – City of water par excellence and famous for its ferruginous springs.
Destinations bordering Waimes in Wikivoyage
