Southern Netherlands
North Brabant
Bergen op Zoom

Fort de Roovere

Fort De Roovere is an earthen fort, constructed as part of the Dutch Water Line, a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in 1628 during the Eighty Years War where it defended against Spanish attackers.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Halsters Laag and Sint-Quirinuskerk.

Nature reserve
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is a nature reserve.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2 km west of Fort de Roovere.

Railway station
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Bergen op Zoom is a railway station located in , . The station was opened on 23 December 1863 and is located on the Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. is situated 3½ km south of Fort de Roovere.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halsteren and Lepelstraat.

Village
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is a town in the province of . It is located in the municipality of , about 1 km north of that city. has an old church from the 14th century and a new church, built in 1919.

Village
is a Dutch village six kilometres north of the city of , and part of the municipality with that name. Its earliest records of history date back to 1298 where in a manuscript of landrights it was mentioned as "Den Leepel Straet." has always been important in its region's religious history. is situated 3 km northwest of Fort de Roovere.

Village
is a in the municipality of , in the province of . Before the municipal reorganisation of 1997, was part of the municipality of . It lies between the cities of and Roosendaal. is situated 4½ km east of Fort de Roovere.

Fort de Roovere

Latitude
51.52807° or 51° 31′ 41″ north
Longitude
4.30106° or 4° 18′ 4″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Inception
1628
Open location code
9F36G8H2+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 343878707
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Geo­Names ID
2747921
Wiki­data ID
Q4823340
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Fort de Roovere” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ֆորտ դե Ռուվեր”
  • Azerbaijani: “Musa körpüsü”
  • Dutch: “Fort De Roovere”
  • Dutch: “Fort Roovers”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن دى روفير”
  • Telugu: “మోజెస్ వంతెన”
  • Vietnamese: “Fort de Roovere”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort de Roovere”. Photo: Martin1813, CC BY-SA 3.0.