Footpaths

Photo: raeren wandern stiegel 07 image c ostbelgien.eu dominik ketz , CC BY ,East Belgium Tourist Agency NPO

Photo: raeren wandern 03 image c ostbelgien.eu dominik ketz , CC BY ,East Belgium Tourist Agency NPO

Photo: 0 raeren wandern stiegel 05 c ostbelgien.eu dominik ketz , CC BY ,East Belgium Tourist Agency NPO

Photo: 0 raeren wandern 13 c ostbelgien.eu dominik ketz , CC BY ,East Belgium Tourist Agency NPO

Photo: 0 raeren stiegel c ti raeren , CC BY ,East Belgium Tourist Agency NPO

Photo: 0 stiegel muehlenstr. richtung driesch 01 , CC BY ,East Belgium Tourist Agency NPO

Photo: 0 raeren wiesenwanderung stiegel 03 c jutta westphal ostbelgien.eu , CC BY ,East Belgium Tourist Agency NPO

Description

Originally, the village of Raeren consisted of numerous hamlets. These settlements, not directly contiguous, were connected by footpaths, so-called stiegelwege. The stiegel were openings with wooden stakes or stones which prevented grazing livestock from passing but allowed humans to do so. In this way, the inhabitants of the various hamlets were able to visit one another via these short routes and trade with one another. Some of the 'modern' stiegel work on a see-saw principle, whilst others are fitted with little rotating gates.

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Footpaths
4730-4731 Raeren