Schoonselhof

Schoonselhof is a castle in Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders. Schoonselhof is situated nearby to the sports venue Antwerp BMX, as well as near the athletics track Wielerpiste Wilrijk.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Schoonselhof cemetery and Fort 7.

Schoonselhof cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Schoonselhof Cemetery is located in Hoboken, Antwerp, a suburb of Antwerp, Belgium. Schoonselhof Cemetery has an Islamic and Jewish section. There is also a Commonwealth war graves plot containing the graves of 1,557 British Commonwealth service personnel who…

Fort 7

Nature reserve

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Fort 7 is a nature reserve.

Sorghvliedt Castle

Castle

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Sorghvliedt Castle is a building in Belgium with a history dating back to the 16th century. It was originally a farm building called Wickeleynde owned by the merchant Jean Plaquet and his wife Maria Leydeckers. Sorghvliedt Castle is situated 1¼ km northwest of Schoonselhof.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort 8 and Hoboken.

Fort 8

Locality

Photo: Annabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort 8 is a locality.

Hoboken

Town

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Hoboken is a southern district of the arrondissement and city of Antwerp, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located at the Scheldt river. The name of the district has its origins in Middle Dutch.

Wilrijk

Town

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Wilrijk is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Belgian province of Antwerp. Wilrijk had been a separate municipality before January 1, 1983; the enlarged municipality of Antwerp was decentralized in 2000 and Wilrijk became one of the city's nine districts.

Schoonselhof

Type: Castle
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.16611° or 51° 9′ 58″ north

Longitude

4.36831° or 4° 22′ 6″ east

Open location code

9F365989+C8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 199260356

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

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