Lower Rhine
Lower Rhine is the section of the Rhine between Bonn in Germany and the North Sea at Hook of Holland in the Netherlands, including the Nederrijn within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta; alternatively, Lower Rhine may also refer to just the part upstream of Pannerdens Kop, excluding the Nederrijn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: part of Rhine river north of Bonn, Germany
- Also known as: “Rijn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Duurstede Castle and Martinuskerk.
Duurstede Castle
Castle
Photo: Arch, Public domain.
Castle Duurstede is a medieval castle in Wijk bij Duurstede in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rijswijk and Wijk bij Duurstede.
Rijswijk
Village
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Rijswijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Buren, and lies about 9 km north of Tiel. It was first mentioned between 918 and 948 as Risuuic, and means "neighbourhood near twigs".
Wijk bij Duurstede
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Wijk bij Duurstede is a town in Utrecht. It is a typically old Dutch town on the Crooked Rhine River. Dikes galore. Subject of Old Master Jakob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael's 1670 iconic Dutch landscape painting.
Ravenswaaij
Village
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Ravenswaaij is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Buren, and lies about 10 km northwest of Tiel. It was first mentioned in 1139 as Raueneswade, and means "fordable place of Raven ".
Lower Rhine
- Categories: river, section of watercourse, and body of water
- Location: Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Lower Rhine” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Lower Rhine”
- Belarusian: “Ніжні Рэйн”
- Catalan: “Niederrhein”
- Cebuano: “Neder Rijn”
- Chinese: “下萊茵”
- Czech: “Dolní Rýn”
- Dutch: “Beneden-Rijn”
- German: “Niederrhein”
- Greek: “Κάτω Ρήνος”
- Hebrew: “הריין התחתי”
- Japanese: “ニーダーライン”
- Japanese: “低ライン”
- Macedonian: “Долна Рајна”
- Northern Frisian: “Liager Rhein”
- Russian: “Нижний Рейн (участок Рейна)”
- Russian: “Нижний Рейн”
- Swiss German: “Niderrhii”
- Swiss German: “Niederrhein”
- Ukrainian: “Нижній Рейн”
- Venetian: “Fiume Lower Rhine”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wijk bij Duurstede and Zandberg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include De Hoop and Rijn en Lek.
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