The Seven Hillocks (Mastbos Forest)

Noord-Brabant · Nederland · Forest

The Mastbos south of Breda is one of the oldest planted forests in the Netherlands, laid out in the sixteenth century with kilometre-long straight avenues. An old legend tells that a charcoal burner committed a sevenfold murder here and buried his victims in the forest, whereupon seven small mounds rose from the ground – De Zeven Heuveltjes, as the spot is still called. Along the nearby Heldreef, a lane whose name the folklorist Sinninghe linked to a heathen burial ground, black cats were said to haunt the dark. Today the forest is a popular walking area where the legend is told on site.

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Hvor ligger The Seven Hillocks (Mastbos Forest)?

The Seven Hillocks (Mastbos Forest) ligger i Noord-Brabant, Nederland.

Opplysningene bygger på lokal folketro og vitneskildringer.