Horssen
Horssen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Druten, and lies about 10 km northwest of Wijchen. Horssen was a separate municipality until 1984, when it was merged with Druten.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,610 residents
- Description: village in Druten, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Horsen”
- Postal code: 6631
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stoomgemaal De Tuut and Batenburg Castle.
Stoomgemaal De Tuut
Museum
Photo: Yola de Lusenet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoomgemaal De Tuut is a museum, which is situated 3 km southwest of Horssen.
Batenburg Castle
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Batenburg Castle is located in the village of Batenburg, in the Gelderland province in the Netherlands. It is thought that the castle began construction in 1300. Batenburg Castle is situated 3½ km southeast of Horssen.
Donatus Martelaarkerk
Church
Photo: Havang(nl), Public domain.
Donatus Martelaarkerk is a church, which is situated 3 km west of Horssen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puiflijk and Altforst.
Puiflijk
Village
Puiflijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Druten, and lies about 12 km south of Wageningen. Puiflijk was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with Druten. Puiflijk is situated 3 km northwest of Horssen.
Altforst
Village
Altforst is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 10 km north of Oss. It was first mentioned in 1134 as Altfurse, and means "old settlement near furze ". Altforst is situated 3 km west of Horssen.
Appeltern
Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Appeltern is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 9 km northeast of Oss. Until 1984, Appeltern was an independent municipality. Appeltern is situated 3 km southwest of Horssen.
Horssen
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, and locality
- Location: Druten, Gelderland, Eastern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.85483° or 51° 51′ 17″ northLongitude
5.60981° or 5° 36′ 35″ eastPopulation
1,610Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
9F37VJ35+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 8181284373OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2753593Wikidata ID
Q2598861
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Horssen” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Horssen”
- Asturian: “Horssen”
- Bulgarian: “Хорсен”
- Catalan: “Horssen”
- Cebuano: “Horssen”
- Chinese: “Horssen”
- Dutch: “Horssen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هورسين”
- Esperanto: “Horssen”
- French: “Horssen”
- Irish: “Horssen”
- Italian: “Horssen”
- Luxembourgish: “Horssen”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Horssen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Horssen”
- Persian: “هورسن”
- Russian: “Хорсен”
- Turkish: “Horssen”
- Ukrainian: “Горссен”
- Volapük: “Horssen”
- Welsh: “Horssen”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Self-service library point Horssen and De Horst.
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