Schelmentoren

The Schelmentoren in is a Medieval Building that has served as a defendable living tower for the Here van Are and their successors. As part of the Landsfort Herle, it served as a prison tower.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pancratiuskerk and Town hall of Heerlen.

Church
The is a Roman Catholic church in in the .

Public building
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is a public building, which is situated 250 metres southwest of Schelmentoren.

Retail building
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The is a modernist building in , Netherlands, built in 1935. Formerly a fashion house and department store, Schunck, it is now the cultural centre of the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maankwartier and Eikenderveld.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood and former mining colony in the municipality , . The neighbourhood was built to serve the mine Oranje-Nassau I.

Schelmentoren

Latitude
50.88796° or 50° 53′ 17″ north
Longitude
5.98045° or 5° 58′ 50″ east
Inception
1200
Open location code
9F27VXQJ+55
Open­Street­Map ID
way 280327892
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q2662082
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Satellite Map

Discover Schelmentoren from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Schelmentoren” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 21216”
  • Dutch: “Schelmentoren”
  • German: “Schelmentoren”

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