Molenheide

Molenheide is a locality in Gilze en Rijen Municipality, North Brabant. Molenheide is situated nearby to the locality Driehoek, as well as near the hamlet Verhoven.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gilze-Rijen Air Base and Gilze-Rijen railway station.

Gilze-Rijen Air Base

Aerodrome

Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gilze-Rijen Air Base is a military airbase in the south of Netherlands. It is known for having the hottest temperature ever measured in the Netherlands, with a temperature of 40.7 °C, on July 25, 2019.

Gilze-Rijen railway station

Railway station

Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gilze-Rijen is a railway station located in Rijen, Netherlands in the municipality Gilze en Rijen. Although the railway station is located in Rijen, it's called Gilze-Rijen because of the Gilze-Rijen Air Base, just south of Rijen. Gilze-Rijen railway station is situated 3 km north of Molenheide.

Sint-Annakerk

Church

Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sint-Annakerk is a church, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Molenheide.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Molenschot and Gilze.

Molenschot

Village

Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Molenschot is a village, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Molenheide.

Gilze

Village

Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gilze is a village, which is situated 3 km southeast of Molenheide.

Rijen

Town

Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY 3.0.

Rijen is the largest place in the Dutch municipality of Gilze en Rijen. The city hall is located here. Rijen is situated north of the A58, between Breda and Tilburg. Surrounding places are: Dorst, Dongen and Oosterhout. Rijen is situated 3½ km north of Molenheide.

Molenheide

Type: Locality
Location: Gilze en Rijen Municipality, North Brabant, Southern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.55664° or 51° 33′ 24″ north

Longitude

4.91051° or 4° 54′ 38″ east

Elevation

11 metres (36 feet)

Open location code

9F36HW46+M6

GeoNames ID

2750699

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