De poort der bevrijding
De poort der bevrijding is an obelisk in Gemeente Waddinxveen, South Holland. De poort der bevrijding is situated nearby to the community center Het Kruispunt, as well as near Waddinxveen railway station.Photo: Oneill172, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
- Type: Obelisk
- Description: war memorial in Waddinxveen, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “De Poort der Bevrijding”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Waddinxveen railway station and Oude Gemeentelijke Begraafplaats Kerkweg-West.
Waddinxveen railway station
Railway station
Photo: AdriaanRo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Waddinxveen is a railway station in Waddinxveen, Netherlands. The station opened on 7 October 1934 and is on the Gouda–Alphen aan den Rijn railway. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Waddinxveen railway station is situated 130 metres south of De poort der bevrijding.
Oude Gemeentelijke Begraafplaats Kerkweg-West
Cemetery
Photo: Onderwijsgek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oude Gemeentelijke Begraafplaats Kerkweg-West is a cemetery, which is situated 400 metres west of De poort der bevrijding.
Brugkerk
Church
Photo: Dargari, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brugkerk is a church, which is situated 530 metres east of De poort der bevrijding.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waddinxveen and Randenburg.
Waddinxveen
Town
Photo: AdriaanRo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Waddinxveen is a town and municipality along the Gouwe river in the western Netherlands in the province of South Holland near Gouda. The municipality had a population of 30,479 in 2021 and covers an area of 29.40 km2 of which 1.63 km2 is water.
Randenburg
Hamlet
Randenburg is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Reeuwijk, and lies about 6 km northwest of Gouda.
Reeuwijk-Dorp
Village
Reeuwijk-Dorp is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is part of what used to be the municipality of Reeuwijk. It lies about 5 km north of Gouda. Reeuwijk-Dorp is situated 3 km east of De poort der bevrijding.
De poort der bevrijding
- Categories: memorial column, war memorial, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Gemeente Waddinxveen, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.04511° or 52° 2′ 42″ northLongitude
4.65057° or 4° 39′ 2″ eastInception
1947Open location code
9F462MW2+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 1801774890OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=obeliskWikidata ID
Q116684358
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In Other Languages
“De poort der bevrijding” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “De poort der bevrijding”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Het Kruispunt and Kruiskerk.
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