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Elevation profile Cycle Route NAP-routeGorinchemUtrechtAmersfoortElburgHattemGroningenFraeylemaborgWinschoten0100200050100150200250300350400450

Added on 24 Oct 2011,

on 01 Jul 2024

Cycle route metrics

Total distance in km

468

GPS track data

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Rights owner

OpenStreetMap and Contributors + biroto-Redaktion (biroto.eu)

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Contains information from OpenStreetMap, which is made available here under the Open Database License(ODbL)

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opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/

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by biroto-Redaktion on 01 Jul 2024

Track points in total

7.068

Track points per km (avg)

15

Start/endpoint

Start location

Hoogstraten, Antwerp, BE (7 m NHN)

End location

Bad Nieuweschans, Groningen, NL (1 m NHN)

Signposting

 

Schild

Beds4Cyclists, worth visiting and infrastructure

Name and address

Latitude / Longitude

Phone
Fax
Mobile

Type of accommodation

Rating for cyclists

Route km
Dist. to route
Elevation

 

11 km
2,6 km
5 m

 

NL-4837 Breda

 

Hotel

 

13 km
3,3 km
6 m

 

NL-4813 Breda

 

Hotel

 

15 km
0,6 km
7 m

 

NL-4811 AJ Breda

 

Tourist information

 

21 km
2,9 km
7 m

 

NL-4901KX Oosterhout

 

Tourist information

 

71 km
0,1 km
5 m

NL-4201 Gorinchem

 

Heritage building(s)

Gorinchem: Dalempoort
Gorinchem: Dalempoort
Grote Markt, Gorinchem
Grote Markt, Gorinchem
Building ʹDit is in Bethlehem; Gasthuisstraat 25; Gorinchem
Building ʹDit is in Bethlehem; Gasthuisstraat 25; Gorinchem
Gorinchem, monumentaal pand
Gorinchem, monumentaal pand

Gorinchem is a fortified town in the Groene Hart Wikivoyage Icon region of South Holland. The town, while small, has a historic town center with a lot of character. Some foreign visitors have already discovered this gem, but it's still missing from the average guidebook and thus very authentic. It's best to hire a bicycle and explore the surrounding countryside. Windmills, rivers and dikes, all are present in an endless flat, green polder landscape.

Understand

Gorinchem, spoken and occasionally written as Gorkum, is a city and municipality in Zuid-Holland, along the rivers Linge and Boven-Merwede. The city is partly within the Alblasserwaard and the Tielerwaard. The eastern part of the city, the part in the Tielerwaard, was a part of Gelderland Wikivoyage Icon until 1986.

The city is believed to have been settled around 1000 AD. The first reference to the then town dates from 1224. The town was purchased in 1273, and at the end of the 13th century, the town was fortified to protect against the neighbouring counties and duchies of Holland and Guelders. This time also saw the construction of the first public services, such as the Heilige-Geestkapel, Gasthuis and the Kanselarijkapel. Halfway through the fourteenth century, the city's ramparts were enforced with stone walls, which has a 7 gates and 23 towers. The city then gained its city rights in 1382. A large fire destroyed almost the entire town only 6 years later. Gorinchem became a part of the County of Holland in 1417.

Gorinchem would expand over time, with a large boom happening during the Dutch Golden Age. The town was heavily damaged as a result of French troops withdrawing from the country during the Napoleonic era. In 1815, Gorinchem was set to become a part of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie. The town's defence works were updated at this point.

The Industrial Revolution gave Gorinchem another boost, with industry improving, and travelling times to the rest of the country being significantly reduced with the introduction of the Staatsspoorlijn railway between Breda and Rotterdam. The Industrial Revolution, however, also resulted in the city's defence works being no longer sufficient and virtually unusable.

The first expansions of the city since the seventeenth century happened in the twentieth century. The bloom of the previous century had attracted a lot more citizens, which could no longer be housed in the city centre alone. Gorinchem has grown significantly since, but this did not deteriorate the city centre, which is still a lovely fortified city.

See

Landmarks
  • Grote Kerk. The original medieval St. Martin's church was demolished in the 19th century, but the original bell tower survived and can be visited during summer.
  • Gorcums Museum (Oude Stadthuys). Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00, Su 11:00-17:00. The town's museum, with a display on the history of Gorinchem and the internationally known Martyrs of Gorcum.
  • Lingehaven. A picturesque historic harbour of the town on the river Linge. It is now a tourist harbour.
Notable buildings
  • Dit is in Bethlehem (This is in Bethlehem). 16th-century building with rich Renaissance facade. It hosts a bookshop.
  • Dit is in Abraham's Schoot, Langendijk 72. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gorinchem.
  • De Doelen, Molenstraat 30-32.
  • Burgerkinderenweeshuis (former ophanage).
  • Heilige Geestkapel (former Holy Spirit Chapel). With a remarkable Kapeltoren — chapel tower.
  • Huis 't Coemtal van God.
  • Tolhuis (toll house).
Other sites
  • Dalempoort. The only survived of the 4 original city gates.
  • De Hoop. Windmill.
  • Nooit Volmaakt. Windmill.
  • Vestingwallen (Town fortifications).

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