Heksenboom

Our restaurant is named "Heksenboom"; and not without reason! The name Heksenboom is derived from a Scots pine standing 50 meters away. In 1870, this eccentric stood on a sandy plain created by overgrazing sheep. Many other trees did not survive the sand drift. The Heksenboom, however, withstood a three-meter-high layer of sand.

Because of the whimsical shape of the tree, the superstition arose in those years that a witch had stewed under it. When shepherds walked back to St. Tunnis from the Peel and the Heath towards the evening, it looked as if the witch, who had stewed under it, was waving her arms above the sand.

Since then, the Heksenboom Tree has been joined again by many other trees, so that this particular specimen is on the edge of the State Forests. Unfortunately, the old tree is not doing well. Large parts are unfortunately withering and dying off.