Signal de Botrange Signal de Botrange Signal de Botrange (German [outdated] "Baldringen", Latin "Sicco Campo") is the highest point in Belgium, located in the "High Fens" ("Hautes Fagnes" in French, "Hoge Venen" in Dutch, "Hohes Venn" in German), at . It is the top of a broad plateau and a road crosses the summit, passing an adjacent café. For several decades a meteorological station was installed at signal Botrange. Since 1999, it was replaced by an automatic station of the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium installed on Mount Rigi (scientific station of the High Fens - University of Liege), which is between the
Signal de Botrange of cross-country skiing routes. In 1923, the 6 metres Baltia tower was built on the summit to allow visitors to reach an altitude of 700 metres. A stone tower built in 1933/34 by François Fagnoul from Ovifat on the Botrange crowned a steel weather vane with the relieved name " SICCO CAMPO " until World War II. Meanwhile, the spire serves as transmitter of Radio Contact and reaches a de facto height of 718 metres. In November 2013, at the Signal de Botrange, a 50-m high tower with parabolic antennas was agreed to provide data interchange by Microwave transmission between