Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Middelburg, Netherlands

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 1.1 km
Ascend 8 m
Descend 13 m

Explore Middelburg in Netherlands with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Middelburg

Sight 1: Oostkerk

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The Oostkerk is a Protestant church in Middelburg. The church can be spotted on the Middelburg horizon by its characteristic round dome.

Wikipedia: Oostkerk, Middelburg (EN), Website

375 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Koepoort

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The Koepoort in Middelburg is, of the eight city gates once present, the only one that has been preserved in its entirety. The gate, built in the late Louis XIV style, was designed by architect Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt the Younger and city architect Jan de Munck. The gate was built in the first half of the eighteenth century and was the successor of several earlier cow gates. Where the earlier gates served as defensive works, the new gate mainly served as an ornamental gate.

Wikipedia: Koepoort (Middelburg) (NL)

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Jan Morks

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Johannes (Jan) Morks was a Dutch composer, music teacher, conductor, organist, carillonneur and clarinettist. He was best known as a conductor and composer of the melody of the Zeeland national anthem on a text by Daniël Adrianus Poldermans.

Wikipedia: Jan Morks (dirigent-componist) (NL), Url

215 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Sint-Augustinuskerk

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St. Augustine's Church is a hall church without a tower in Middelburg, Zeeland. The church was designed by city architect Jan de Munck for the benefit of the Lutheran congregation in Middelburg. Construction began in 1740 and in 1742 the Lutheran Church was inaugurated. In 2014, the church was sold to the Old Catholic Church and taken into use by them, after which the church was dedicated to Saint Augustine of Hippo.

Wikipedia: Sint-Augustinuskerk (Middelburg) (NL), Website

251 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Het Zeeuws Slavernijmonument

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The Zeeland Slavery Monument is a monument erected in the Dutch city of Middelburg to commemorate the abolition of slavery. The monument was designed by Hedi Bogaers.

Wikipedia: Zeeuws Slavernijmonument (NL)

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