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Cross the Veluwe from Hierden

  • The Netherlands
  • Gelderland
  • Harderwijk
  • 60.02 km (Approximately 03:31 u)
  • Cycling route 530208
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Cross the Veluwe from Hierden

  • The Netherlands
  • Gelderland
  • Harderwijk
  • 60.02 km (Approximately 03:31 u)
  • Cycling route 530208

This route takes you from picturesque Hierden (near Harderwijk) through the Veluwe and the Gelderse Valley. A wonderfully varied route in which you also see sights such as De Essenburgh Castle.

Nice picnic
In Hierden you will see some beautiful centuries-old regional farms on the Zuiderzeestraatweg. A nice start to your route. A little later you drive onto the Veluwe. You drive through the Leuvenumse Bos where you can immerse yourself in the silence and the fresh forest air. In Ermelo you cycle past De Koe, a thatched corn mill from 1863.

Speulderbos
In Putten you pass the Het Hert flour mill from 1899. Just outside the village you pass the Schovenhorst estate, which was founded in 1848. You can visit some special gardens here, including the oldest conifer garden in the Netherlands. There is also a forty-meter-high forest tower that offers you a beautiful view. On your way back through the Veluwe you drive through the famous Speulderbos, a true experience.

De Essenburgh Castle
At the end of your route you will pass De Essenburgh castle and estate. The castle was built in the seventeenth century on behalf of Johan Coolwagen. This noble lord wanted to acquire a place within the Knighthood of Veluwe with this prestigious status symbol. When this failed, he had to sell the castle to his creditors.

Directions

# Description Distance
Parkeerplaats centrum (3849BL, Harderwijk, Gelderland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
76
 76 (3849RN, Harderwijk, Gelderland, The Netherlands) 1.52 km
55
 55 (3849PN, Harderwijk, Gelderland, The Netherlands) 1.95 km
54
 54 (8077RP, Nunspeet, Gelderland, The Netherlands) 3.57 km
70
 70 (8077RP, Harderwijk, Gelderland, The Netherlands) 4.25 km
53
 53 (8077SG, Nunspeet, Gelderland, The Netherlands) 5.41 km

Sights

De Essenburgh

Zuiderzeestraatweg
3849PL Harderwijk

Kasteel De Essenburgh is located in the green heart of the Veluwe between the villages of Hierden and Hulshorst. This fairytale castle from 1652 is situated in a beautiful setting between forests and vast moors. It is not clear whether this is the first structure at this location, or whether there was a castle in the Middle Ages. Archaeological research has found no traces of earlier buildings, but there are still doubts. In 1929 the castle was renovated, whereby the windows at the front were changed. The estate on which the castle is located is laid out in the style of English landscape gardens. Besides the castle there are a few other buildings on the estate. There is, for example, a monastery building that has been used by the Norbertines for decades. In 1992 a second monastery was established on the site for the female branch of the Norbertines.

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