Fortified towns from G to G

  • The Netherlands
  • South Holland
  • Gorinchem
  • 49.97 km (Approximately 02:56 u)
  • Cycling route 286794

Fortified towns from G to G

  • The Netherlands
  • South Holland
  • Gorinchem
  • 49.97 km (Approximately 02:56 u)
  • Cycling route 286794

Directions

# Description Distance
GORINCHEM (GORKUM) (4201KN, Gorinchem, South Holland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
Vesting Woudrichem (Martinuskerk, 4285AR, Altena, North Brabant, The Netherlands) 8.94 km
Vestingstad Geertruidenberg (4931 KA, Geertruidenberg, North Brabant, The Netherlands) 28.02 km
GORINCHEM (GORKUM) (4201KN, Gorinchem, South Holland, The Netherlands) 49.97 km

Sights

GORINCHEM (GORKUM)


4201KN Gorinchem

Fortified city or settlement for the purpose of controlling strategic points

Vesting Woudrichem

Martinuskerk
4285AR Altena
http://www.vesting3hoek.nl/

The fan lock from 1815, part of the inundation ensemble for the Maas water, has indeed been closed, but the reception basin behind it with the bricked up dam lock and the inundation canal behind it are still there. At the old vesti

Vestingstad Geertruidenberg


4931 KA Geertruidenberg
https://www.zuiderwaterlinie.nl/11-vestingsteden/vestingsteden/vestingstad-geertruidenberg

Geertruidenberg was originally Dutch and received city rights from the County of Holland in 1213. The city came to Noord-Brabant in 1813 (under Louis Napoleon). Geertruidenberg is also called 'fortified town on the Biesbosch', because of the centuries-long relationships with the nature reserve.

Provided by:

Hans, Noord-Holland