The accompanying photo is overwhelmingly an autumn scene in one of the mixed forests in South Limburg, in this case a location near Schweiberg is a hamlet of Mechelen in the Dutch municipality of Gulpen-Wittem in the Heuvelland, Schweiberger forest. Old names of this hamlet or hamlet are Scheveyberch, Schaweyberg and Schweijsberg. During a 2002 census, 110 inhabitants lived in Schweiberg.
There are four hotels on Schweiberg. The hamlet has a farmstead from 1743, the Schweibergerhof. It is a lovely place to stay and enjoy the beautiful warm autumn tones of the Limburg Hill Country with its chalky soil and therefore somewhat different vegetation compared to the rest of the Netherlands.
The hills, the hollow roads, the badger setts, the wild clematis and their lianas that reach into the tops of trees, the presence of mistletoe that becomes more and more visible as the foliage thins, all ingredients that make Limburg forests specific, give them just that little bit more. Add to this the above-average sunny days we can count in our hill country and the chances of a short but pleasant stay in our area are very high.
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