CASTLES HEUVELLAND

Kasteel De Warande is a Neo-Renaissance castle located in Kemmel within the West Flemish municipality of Heuvelland. Built in 1925 by architects Henri Carbon and Charles Pil on commission of Kemmel's mayor, it replaced an earlier structure destroyed during World War I in 1918. The castle features a distinctive U-shaped layout characteristic of its architectural style. Today, it serves as the town hall of Heuvelland, combining its historical significance with practical municipal use and offering a striking example of early 20th-century Belgian castle architecture.

Lettenbergbunkers are four World War I concrete bunkers built by British soldiers in spring 1917 in the Lettenberg, an extension of Kemmelberg in Kemmel, Belgium, originally serving as entrances to an underground command center that is no longer accessible. The shelters fell into German hands in April 1918, with one structure repurposed as a medical facility, identifiable today by a red cross marking. The site remains freely accessible daily via walking paths through the Heuvelland region, with one bunker now serving as a bat habitat, offering visitors a tangible connection to the area's World War I heritage. Managed by local tourism (toerisme@heuvelland.be), the bunkers integrate into regional hiking trails providing exploration of this significant military landscape.