Thorn

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Thorn is a town in the municipality of Maasgouw, in the Dutch province of Limburg. It lies on the rivers Meuse and Witbeek. It is known as 'the white village' for its white-washed brick houses in the centre of town. ()

Alternative names: Population: 2.3 thous.Area: 2.58 mi²Coordinates: 51°9'40"N, 5°50'32"E

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Thorn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lilbosch Abbey, De Nijverheid, St. Anna - Tungelroy, Maas Binnenvaartmuseum.

6.2 miSE
Monastery
Lilbosch Abbey
159 min walk • Lilbosch Abbey is a monastery of the Trappists founded in 1883 and located in Lilboscherveld in Echt, Limburg, in the Netherlands.
6 miW
Historical place, Windmill
De Nijverheid, Weert
153 min walk • The Mill of Nijs is a corn mill located at Veldstraat 54 in Stramproy. It is a round brick belt mill, built in1903 by order of Michiel Kunnen. In 1921 the mill came into the hands of Jaques Nijs, who renovated it.
5.9 miNW
Historical place, Windmill
St. Anna - Tungelroy, Weert
151 min walk • Sint Anna is a corn mill on the Tungeler Dorpsstraat in Tungelroy in the Dutch province of Limburg.
2.2 miSE
51°8'49"N • 5°53'11"E
Maas Binnenvaartmuseum, Maasbracht
55 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
2.1 miN
Watermill
Grathemermolen
55 min walk • The Grathemermolen is a water mill in the center of Grathem on the Uffelse Beek, also called the Aabeek, which has its origin in the Belgian Kempen. Both the mill and the mill house have played an important role in the hamlet of Grathem in the past.
1.9 miN
Forts and castles
Groot Buggenum
49 min walk • Kasteel Groot Buggenum, also known as Kasteel Oud Buggenum, is located on the Loorderstraat just outside the Dutch village of Grathem, which since 2007 has been part of the merger municipality of Leudal.
5.5 miNW
Windmill
Sint-Jan
140 min walk • The Sint-Jan mill is located in the Limburg town of Stramproy. It is a standerd mill built in 1783. In 1804 the mill was moved to a location closer to the village. The mill was in use until 1978.
~220 ftS
Church
Sint-Michaëlkerk
2 min walk • St Michael's Church is a church building in the Dutch Limburg town of Thorn. The church has served as the Roman Catholic parish church of the parish of St. Michael for two centuries, but before that was the collegiate church of the Thorn Abbey, a...
2.5 miSE
Windmill
Leonardusmolen, Maasbracht
63 min walk • The Leonardusmolen in the Limburg town of Maasbracht is a belt mill built between 1864 and 1867 and serving as a wind-powered corn mill until 1947.
4.2 miS
City
Echt
106 min walk • Echt is a city in the Dutch municipality of Echt-Susteren in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It was a municipality itself until it merged with the municipality of Susteren on January 1, 2003.
7.2 miNE
Town
Haelen
185 min walk • Haelen is a town in the south-eastern Netherlands. Until it became a part of Leudal on 1 January 2007 Haelen was a separate municipality, including the villages of Buggenum, Horn, and Nunhem.