Gilze-Rijen Air Base
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.Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “EHGR”, “GLZ”, and “ICAO: EHGR”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gilze-Rijen railway station and Maria Magdalenakerk.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rijen and Reeshof.
Rijen
Town
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.
Reeshof
Suburb
The Reeshof, is a district of the municipality Tilburg in the Netherlands. The district has 42,696 inhabitants, which makes the Reeshof the largest district of Tilburg. The Reeshof mostly consists of new-built houses from 1980 or later.
Dorst
Village
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dorst is a village in the municipality Oosterhout, in the Dutch province North Brabant. Dorst is located near Rijen and the nearest cities are Breda, Oosterhout and Tilburg.
Gilze-Rijen Air Base
- Categories: air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Gilze en Rijen Municipality, North Brabant, Southern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.567° or 51° 34′ 1″ northLongitude
4.92402° or 4° 55′ 27″ eastElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Operator
Ministerie van DefensieIATA airport code
GLZICAO airport code
EHGROpen location code
9F36HW8F+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 946527393OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfieldGeoNames ID
6296686Wikidata ID
Q1446578
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Gilze-Rijen Air Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gilze-Rijen”
- Dutch: “EHGR”
- Dutch: “Vliegbasis gilze rijen”
- Dutch: “Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen”
- Dutch: “Vliegveld Gilze Rijen”
- Dutch: “Vliegveld Gilze-Rijen”
- French: “base aérienne de Gilze-Rijen”
- French: “Base aérienne de Gilze-Rijen”
- German: “Militärflugplatz Gilze-Rijen”
- Indonesian: “EHGR”
- Indonesian: “GLZ”
- Japanese: “ギルゼ＝レイエン空軍基地”
- Japanese: “ヒルゼライエン航空基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Gilze-Rijen AB”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی خیلزه-رین”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Breda-Gilze Rijen”
- Ukrainian: “Гілзе-Рейн”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Haansberg and Zuid.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brandweer Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen and Traditiekamer.
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