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Vrijthof Maastricht
A grand cafe-ringed square anchored by two medieval churches in the Netherlands' oldest, most Burgundian city.
8 km · about 15 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Vlijtingen works well as a base: 5 minutes from Vroenhoven, 14km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Vlijtingen is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 2,650, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Vlijtingen sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Vlijtingen to your route.
The Battle of Lauffeld took place on 2 July 1747, during the War of the Austrian Succession. Fought between the towns of Tongeren in modern Belgium, and the Dutch city of Maastricht, a French army of 136,000 under Marshal Saxe defeated a Pragmatic Army of 100,000, led by the Duke of Cumberland.
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talented general of his generation, Saxe had conquered much of the Austrian Netherlands between 1744 and 1746. In early 1747, Cumberland planned an offensive to retake Antwerp, but was forced to fall back when the French threatened to cut him off from his supply base at Maastricht. When the two armies met at Lauffeld, a series of mistakes by Cumberland compromised his position, and only counterattacks by the Allied cavalry under Sir John Ligonier prevented a serious defeat.
Initially, Cumberland had order Lauffeldt to be burnt, with the British troops forming a battle line behind the village. However, Ligonier persuaded the Duke to reoccupy the burnt ruins and turn it in to a strongpoint.
During a second cavalry charge, made to save the Allied army from destruction by the victorious French, Sir John was captured. He was later presented to the French Monarch by General de Saxe as "the gentleman who ruined my plans".
From that point onward, the Duke of Cumberland was very jealous of Ligonier’s military expertise and his reputation.
The battle ended Allied hopes of regaining lost ground and the French captured Bergen op Zoom in September, then Maastricht in May 1748. However, by then France was close to bankruptcy, while severe food shortages caused by the Royal Navy blockade worsened after defeat at Cape Finisterre in October 1747 and left the French unable to defend their merchant shipping. The stalemate resulted in the October 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
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Vlijtingen is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.8320 latitude, 5.5843 longitude.
Vlijtingen has a population of approximately 2,650 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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landmark
A grand cafe-ringed square anchored by two medieval churches in the Netherlands' oldest, most Burgundian city.
8 km · about 15 min drive
national park
Belgium's first national park, a heath and pine landscape in Limburg with six gateway entrances and visitor car parks.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Hill-country Valkenburg hides Roman-era marl tunnels, a ruined castle and the Netherlands' only true hilltop drives.
18 km · about 20 min drive
racetrack
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
29 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
32 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
The first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Germany, built by Charlemagne as his palatine chapel in the 9th century.
36 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A 19th-century dam near Spa crowned by a 13-ton stone lion, with a 78 m panorama tower and forested Ardennes reservoir views a short detour off the Verviers road.
38 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
The 'white village' of Limburg: an entire former abbey-principality of whitewashed brick lanes and cobbles beside the Maas, painted white in the Napoleonic era to dodge a window tax and kept that way ever since.
41 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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