Heurne

Heurne is a hamlet in the municipality of Aalten, near Aalten in the eastern Netherlands. It was first mentioned in 1492 as Horne, and means "bent ". The postal authorities have placed it under Aalten.

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Aalten, Netherlands
Also known as: “Aaltense Heurne”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aalten railway station and Nationaal Onderduikmuseum.

Aalten railway station

Railway station

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Aalten is a railway station located in Aalten, Netherlands. The station is on the Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway and the station opened on 15 July 1885. The building began construction in 1884 and was finished in 1885.

Nationaal Onderduikmuseum

Museum

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The National Hiding Place Museum in Aalten, Netherlands is a museum dedicated to hiding places and the resistance. The museum highlights daily life during the Second World War and the personal choices people had to make at that time. Nationaal Onderduikmuseum is situated 3 km north of Heurne.

De Lelie

Windmill

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De Lelie is a windmill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spork and Lintelo.

Spork

Village

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Spork is a locality of the town of Bocholt in the district of Borken. It was first mentioned in 1188 as Sporklo. Formerly an independent municipality, it was merged into the city of Bocholt in 1975. Its population was 972 in December 2017. Spork is situated 4 km south of Heurne.