Fort Asperen
Fort Asperen is a fort in West Betuwe, Gelderland. Fort Asperen is situated nearby to the village Acquoy, as well as near Gellicum.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nieuwe Steeg Fort and Nationaal Glasmuseum.
Nieuwe Steeg Fort
Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nieuwe Steeg Fort is situated 1¼ km south of Fort Asperen.
Nationaal Glasmuseum
Museum
Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nationaal Glasmuseum is situated 2½ km west of Fort Asperen.
Leerdam railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bezeh.nl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Leerdam railway station is located in the western Netherlands, on the MerwedeLingelijn line between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen. The railway station was opened on 1 December 1883. Train services are operated by Qbuzz. Leerdam railway station is situated 3 km northwest of Fort Asperen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Asperen and Acquoy.
Asperen
Village
Photo: Gelderland, Public domain.
Asperen is a small city in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 10 km east of Gorinchem on the river Linge. It received city rights in 1313.
Acquoy
Village
Acquoy is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 12 km east of Gorinchem. According to popular legend a "Jan van Arkel" was the first to have settled the village of Acquoy, when he returned from the crusades in 1133.
Gellicum
Village
Gellicum is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 13 km east of Gorinchem. It was first mentioned in the 10th to 11th century Gallinghe, and means "settlement of the people of Gallo ".
Fort Asperen
- Type: Fort
- Also known as: “Asperen”
- Categories: architectural ensemble, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: West Betuwe, Gelderland, Eastern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.87697° or 51° 52′ 37″ northLongitude
5.12094° or 5° 7′ 15″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Inception
1794Open location code
9F37V4GC+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 153098987OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortGeoNames ID
6930524Wikidata ID
Q2318060
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Slovenian—“Fort Asperen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort bij Asperen”
- Dutch: “NHW-Fort bij Asperen”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 531771”
- Slovenian: “Utrdba pri Asperenu”
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