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Kasteel Hoensbroek

Hoensbroek Castle or Gebrook Castle is one of the largest castles in the . It is situated in , a town in the province of . This imposing watercastle is known as 'the most lordly stronghold between Rhine and Meuse'.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Hoensbroek, a district of the Dutch town of Heerlen.
  • Also known as: “Gebrookhoes”, “Hoensbroek Castle”, and “Schloss Hoensbroek”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Maagd der Armenkerk and Johannes Evangelistkerk.

Church
Photo: Kleon3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 520 metres northwest of Kasteel Hoensbroek.

Church
Photo: Romaine, CC0.
is a church, which is situated 770 metres northeast of Kasteel Hoensbroek.

Railway station
Photo: Mikosch, CC BY 3.0.
Hoensbroek is a railway station located in , . The station was opened in 1896 and is located on the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway. Train services are operated by Arriva. is situated 1½ km southeast of Kasteel Hoensbroek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hoensbroek and Laar.

Photo: timo beil, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , the southernmost region of the province of . It's part of the municipality of but has a long, separate history and was an independent municipality until 1982.

Neighborhood
is a hamlet in the province of . It is located just to the south of the town Beekdaelen. The A76 motorway divides the hamlet in two parts: the largest part, to the west, is part of the municipality of Nuth; the eastern part is in municipality .

Village
Photo: Romaine, CC0.
is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality of Beekdaelen. The village was first mentioned in 1139 as Wastrode.

Kasteel Hoensbroek

Latitude
50.91657° or 50° 54′ 60″ north
Longitude
5.9182° or 5° 55′ 6″ east
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Inception
1360
Open location code
9F27WW89+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 532673154
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6950657
Wiki­data ID
Q572230
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Swedish—“Kasteel Hoensbroek” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kasteel Hoensbroek”. Photo: Sir Gawain, CC BY-SA 3.0.