Walcheren
Walcheren is a region in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It holds the capital of the province, Middelburg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoogelande and Middelburg Town Hall.
Hoogelande
Church
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Hoogelande is a small hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Veere, about 4 km northwest of Middelburg. Hoogelande was a separate municipality until 1816, when it was annexed by Grijpskerke.
Middelburg Town Hall
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Middelburg Town Hall is situated at the market of Middelburg, Zeeland. It is considered one of the finest Gothic buildings in the Netherlands. Construction began in 1452 and was supervised by several generations of the Flemish family of architects Keldermans.
Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Sint Laurens
Church
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Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Sint Laurens is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middelburg and Serooskerke.
Middelburg
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Middelburg is in the capital of Zeeland. In colonial times, this was one of the most important cities in the country, and still today Middelburg is packed with monuments reminding of those golden times.
Serooskerke
Village
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Serooskerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Veere, and lies about 6 km north of Middelburg.
Grijpskerke
Village
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Grijpskerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Veere and lies about 6 km northwest of Middelburg.
Walcheren
- Type: Region with 114,000 residents
- Description: peninsula in Zeeland, Netherlands
- Categories: peninsula and former island
- Location: Zeeland, Southern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Walcheren” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Walcheren”
- Arabic: “والخرن”
- Basque: “Walcheren”
- Chinese: “Walcheren”
- Chinese: “瓦尔赫伦岛”
- Czech: “Walcheren”
- Danish: “Walcheren”
- Dutch: “Walcheren”
- Esperanto: “Walcheren”
- Finnish: “Walcheren”
- French: “Walcheren”
- German: “Halbinsel Walcheren”
- German: “Walcheren”
- Hebrew: “ואלחרן”
- Hebrew: “ואלשרן”
- Hebrew: “וולכרן”
- Indonesian: “Walcheren”
- Italian: “Walcheren”
- Japanese: “ワルヘレン”
- Japanese: “ワルヘレン島”
- Japanese: “ワルンヘルン”
- Latin: “Valchria”
- Latin: “Wallacra”
- Limburgan: “Walchere”
- Limburgan: “Walcheren”
- Luxembourgish: “Walcheren”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Walcheren”
- Narom: “Vaucre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Walcheren”
- Norwegian: “Walcheren”
- Persian: “جزیره والچرن”
- Polish: “Walcheren”
- Portuguese: “Walcheren”
- Russian: “Валхерен”
- Russian: “Вальхерен”
- Slovenian: “Walcheren”
- Spanish: “Walcheren”
- Swedish: “Walcheren”
- Turkish: “Walcheren”
- Ukrainian: “Валхерен”
- Vlaams: “Walchern”
- Western Frisian: “Walcheren”
- Zeeuws: “Walchren”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Walcheren”. Photo: Zeelandia, CC BY-SA 3.0.