2212819 Gorssel - Lock Eefde

Start:

Campsite turn right until first intersection
turn left (Oude Larenseweg) towards KP 28

South of Deventer, sandwiched between the ship stream and the Dortherbeek, lies the Oxerhof estate . This estate is already mentioned in the 16th century as the country estate of the Duke of Gelre. During World War II, the Germans took over the building and used it as a camp for political prisoners.

In the outskirts of Gorssel you drive through a mosaic of forests, small-scale landscapes and flowery fields and fields. It is wonderful to make kilometers in this quiet region. You can see the Noorsche Huis on the Molenweg. This building was bought in Norway in 1913 as a kit. In Gorssel itself you can visit Museum MORE , which is dedicated to modern-realistic art from the Netherlands. Lock Eefde is a lock complex. The complex is located in the Twente Canal and is a national monument from 1933. The lock at Eefde is the connection for shipping between the IJssel and the Twente Canal and is also used for water management in the eastern Netherlands. At KP 43 lies Huis de Voorst - a stately 17th-century house in a beautifully varied landscape. You can get married in the house. The house burned down almost completely in 1943. It has been restored in old style, but the interior could not be restored. Behind the house is a special garden.

From KP 38 you cycle along the Gorsselse Heide , a former military training and shooting range. The Gorsselse Heide is a beautiful wet heath area with a special flora and fauna and has the potential to become the natural pearl of the Achterhoek.

Back to the campsite :

at KP 32 turn right onto the Deventerdijk. Follow this dirt road for approx. 1.8 km
(a) turn left onto Reeverdijk; follow this road to the end
(b) turn right onto Koekoekweg (asphalt road); stay on this road for approx. 100 m
(c) turn left onto Reeverweg (asphalt road); follow this road for approx. 1.8 km
(d) turn left at the football field (jufferdijk sand road). Follow this road to the end and cross over.

Directions

#	Description	Distance
	't Proathuus Café Restaurant / Camping de Waterjuffer (7217 PG, Lochem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	0.00 km
28	28 (7216PA, Lochem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	1.94 km
31	31 (Oxersteeg, 7428MC, Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands)	7.93 km
	Oxerhof (7428 MB, Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands)	9.17 km
30	30 (7214PL, Lochem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	10.53 km
59	59 (Elfuursweg, 7213ER, Lochem, Gelderland, The Netherlands)	13.47 km

Sights

Oxerhof

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7428 MB Deventer

The Oxerhof was a country seat of the dukes of Gelre. During the Second World War, the Germans occupied the building and used it as a camp for political prisoners. When the Canadians arrived to liberate the area, the Germans shot the last ten inmates before they fled.

Molen Geertruida Cornelia

Geertruida Cornelia
7213LM Lochem
http://www.allemolens.nl

This ground sailor dates from the end of the 19th century. The permit to build this mill was applied for in 1893, but the mill was not completed until 1895. This was because the applicant for the permit had died in the meantime. In 1896, a machine grinder was installed next to the mill. In 1935 the mill came to a standstill because a rod was broken. Both rods were then removed and the machine mill took over all the work of the mill until 1972. In this year the mill broke and therefore nothing was ground at all in the mill complex. From 1998 the mill and the accompanying miller's house were restored on a large scale. First the masonry and foundation were tackled, then the beams were replaced and the floors renewed, new crawling posts were dug in and new grass was sown and even the paving around the mill was renewed. The opening of the new mill took place on 1 July 2000.

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de Waterjuffer, Gelderland

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