Heerlen, Voerendaal and Bocholtz

  • The Netherlands
  • Limburg
  • Kerkrade
  • 45.16 km (Approximately 02:39 u)
  • Cycling route 138244
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Heerlen, Voerendaal and Bocholtz

  • The Netherlands
  • Limburg
  • Kerkrade
  • 45.16 km (Approximately 02:39 u)
  • Cycling route 138244
A hilly landscape with beautiful stream valleys, steep slopes and rich soil consisting of fertile loess, silex and limestone, that can only be in Limburg. Cycling through this province means cycling over hills, to peaks and valleys, from one striking place in history to the next location seems even more important. Be amazed by the natural heritage of the South Limburg National Landscape, an area covering a total of 44,523 hectares and encompassing the southernmost part of the Netherlands. Cycling through the area you will find sunken roads and beautiful standard orchards. It is a landscape full of half-timbered farms, chapels and crucifixes, and cultural history plays an important role: processions and shooting festivals are regularly organized. The route starts and ends at the Winselerhof. Spend the night here in a stylish ambiance, where Italian style and Burgundian cosiness form a unique mix. The dishes on the restaurant's menu are culinary delights and the comfortable rooms are fully equipped. You can possibly move the starting point of route 138243 to this cozy hotel, creating a two-day cycling package. After you have enjoyed the first ten kilometers of the beautiful panoramas that the Limburg hilly landscape has to offer, you will arrive at De Bongard Castle. There was already a predecessor on this site in the fourteenth century. The current castle was built on the foundations of the old building at the beginning of the sixteenth century. The complex has a Maaslande Renaissance appearance, because the brick building has marlstone layers over the entire height. The next stop is not far away and is the Old Mill. This medium-speed water mill was built in 1774. The mill was used as a flour mill and operated until the 1960s. In 1961, the land on which the mill stood was expropriated and the mill therefore stopped functioning. The mill is a national monument and, although it is no longer operational, it can be visited as such. The climb to the top of De Vrouwenheide may pose a challenge: this hilltop was long thought to be the highest point in the Netherlands. The Vrouwenheide is a geological monument and consists of witness hills. There is a monumental windmill from 1857 on the Vrouwenheide. The mill was built on an artificial hill to catch even more wind and is therefore a belt mill. The mill, which is the highest mill in the Netherlands, burned down completely in 1945. After the restoration, which only took place in 1980, the mill was converted into a home. The last historic building you can view is Ter Worm Castle, which is part of the Ter Worm estate of the same name. The current complex was built in the seventeenth century on the site of its fifteenth century predecessor. During the twentieth century, the castle fell into serious disrepair until it was bought by the Van der Valk hotel chain, which restored the castle and established a hotel there.

Directions

# Description Distance
11
11 (Piusstraat, 6467EH, Kerkrade, Limburg, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
1
1 (6465AJ, Kerkrade, Limburg, The Netherlands) 3.09 km
97
97 (6351HW, Simpelveld, Limburg, The Netherlands) 8.67 km
De Bongard (6351AK, Simpelveld, Limburg, The Netherlands) 10.47 km
97
97 (6351HW, Simpelveld, Limburg, The Netherlands) 12.27 km
89
89 (6369WE, Simpelveld, Limburg, The Netherlands) 14.30 km

Sights

De Bongard


6351AK Simpelveld
http://www.kasteleninnederland.nl

Independently fortified building from the Middle Ages that was easily defended at that time and in the past was mostly inhabited by the noble families of the Netherlands

De Oude Molen


6369XP Simpelveld

This mill is a water mill from 1774. The mill has been running until the 1960s. The mill now serves as a monument.

Kasteel Ter Worm

Kasteel Terworm
6411RV Heerlen

Castle TerWorm is truly a jewel of a castle situated in the middle of greenery in the Geleendal in Heerlen, complete with a moat, courtyard and French rococo garden. The castle garden is freely accessible. It is a beautiful reconstruction of an 18th century French garden with a fountain and orangery.

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