1291077 Ammersoyen Castle walking route

After a cup of coffee at Café restaurant Treurenburg, put on your walking shoes. First you walk along the south bank of the mighty Maas. Then you cross the Maas with a ferry, for a nice round on both sides of this turbulent river. You are here in the Bommelerwaard, which is embraced by the winding Maas and Waal. An island, as it used to be called. The waters were cursed when the land flooded again, but blessed when the harvests were rich. The route also leads you past Ammersoyen Castle, one of the best preserved moated castles in the Netherlands. During construction, the castle was located in or on the Maas, but in 1354 the course of the river changed. Since then, the main castle has almost always been surrounded by a moat.

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#	Description	Distance
	Café restaurant Treurenburg (Treurenburg, 5221 CD, 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, The Netherlands)	0.00 km
74	74 (Treurenburg, 5221CD, 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, The Netherlands)	0.04 km
54	54 (5221AC, 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, The Netherlands)	2.09 km
21	21 (5221LD, 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, The Netherlands)	3.10 km
75	75 (Bokhovense Maasdijk, 5221BP, Bokhoven, North Brabant, The Netherlands)	4.48 km
63	63 (5257NC, Heusden, North Brabant, The Netherlands)	7.41 km

Pause places

Café restaurant Treurenburg

Treurenburg 1
5221 CD 's-Hertogenbosch
http://www.treurenburg.com

Cafe restaurant Treurenburg is a welcoming and cozy cafe-restaurant, on the border of Den Bosch at the bridge to Hedel. A pleasant starting or resting point for the beautiful cycling and walking routes along the river Maas. When the weather is nice, you can enjoy the spacious and sun-drenched terrace. You will find affordable meals in an easily accessible place where you can still park for free in front of the door. Come by and experience why Cafe restaurant Treurenburg has been known for more than 100 years as a cozy and hospitable restaurant!

Sights

Kasteel Ammersoyen

1
5324 JR Maasdriel
http://spannendegeschiedenis.nl/de-middeleeuwen/ammerzoden-kasteel-ammerzoden

Ammersoyen Castle was very popular due to its strategic location on the Maas. It was conquered in 1386 by Duke William I of Gelre, when the lord of the castle wanted to enter into an alliance with Joanna of Brabant. At the end of the fifteenth century it was sold to the lords of Arkel, lords of the count of Holland. After the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648), various noble families owned the castle as a residence. During the Second World War, the castle was so badly damaged that the nuns, who had lived there since 1876, had to move. After the war, the castle came into the possession of the later Geldersch Landschap en Kasteelen Foundation. For current opening hours, visit https://www.glk.nl/ Landschap-kastelen/kastelen/kasteel-ammersoyen.

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