De Horst

De Horst is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Berg en Dal, about 2 km east of Groesbeek. The village started to developed after the Divine Heart of Jesus Christ Church was built in 1928.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Freedom Museum and Katharinenhof Kranenburg.

Freedom Museum

Museum

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The Freedom Museum is a Dutch museum themed around the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II, and is located in Groesbeek, close to the German border. Freedom Museum is situated 2½ km northwest of De Horst.

Katharinenhof Kranenburg

Museum

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The Katharinenhof in Kranenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, was used from 1446 until 1802 as the home of a convent of sisters of the Catholic Church. After that time, the building served various uses. Since 1961, the house serves as a museum. Katharinenhof Kranenburg is situated 3 km northeast of De Horst.

Klever Reichswald

Protected area

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The Klever Reichswald is a state forest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between the rivers Rhine and Meuse at the German–Dutch border. The forest is located in the municipal territories of Kleve, Goch, Kranenburg and Bedburg-Hau. Klever Reichswald is situated 3½ km southeast of De Horst.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Breedeweg and Groesbeek.

Breedeweg

Village

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Breedeweg is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Berg en Dal, about 1 km south of Groesbeek. It was first mentioned in 1899 as Breedeweg, and means "wide road". Breedeweg is situated 2½ km southwest of De Horst.

Groesbeek

Town

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Groesbeek is a town and former municipality in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. In January 2015 the former municipality merged with Millingen aan de Rijn and Ubbergen. Groesbeek is situated 2½ km west of De Horst.

Kranenburg

Town

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Kranenburg is a municipality in the district of Cleves in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, 12 kilometres south-east of Nijmegen and 11 kilometres west of Cleves. Kranenburg is situated 3 km northeast of De Horst.

De Horst

Type: Village with 1,230 residents
Description: village in Berg en Dal, Netherlands
Categories: buurtschap and locality
Location: Berg en Dal Municipality, Gelderland, Eastern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.77438° or 51° 46′ 28″ north

Longitude

5.96996° or 5° 58′ 12″ east

Population

1,230

Elevation

18 metres (59 feet)

Open location code

9F37QXF9+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 43810090

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2757493

Wikidata ID

Q533228

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“De Horst” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “De Horst”
Chinese: “De Horst”
Dutch: “De Horst (Groesbeek)”
Dutch: “De Horst”
French: “De Horst”
German: “De Horst”
Luxembourgish: “De Horst”
Min Nan Chinese: “De Horst”
Persian: “دی هورست”
Turkish: “De Horst”
Ukrainian: “Де-Горст”

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