Assumburg

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The Assumburg, also known as Het Huis Assenburg, is a windmill located on the Veerweg 1 in Nieuw-Vossemeer, Steenbergen, in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. Build in 1780 in The Zaan district, the windmill functioned as oil mill, until it was moved to its current location in 1897, when it became a gristmill. The mill was built as a tower mill with a bottom support of 5.20 meters high, and its sails have a span of 22.20 meters. The mill is a national monument since 15 May 1973. ()

Alternative names: Completed: 1780 (244 years ago)Coordinates: 51°34'46"N, 4°12'45"E

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Noord-BrabantNetherlands

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

Nearby attractions include: Fort de Roovere, Ravelijn op den Zoom, Grote- of Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, De Verwachting.

5.2 miSE
Memorial
Fort de Roovere
132 min walk • Fort De Roovere is an earthen fort, constructed as part of the Dutch Water Line, a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in 1628 during the Eighty Years War where it defended against Spanish attackers. It is located near Halsteren.
6.5 miSE
51°29'55"N • 4°17'28"E
Ravelijn op den Zoom, Bergen op Zoom
167 min walk • City wall
3.3 miS
51°31'55"N • 4°13'10"E
Grote- of Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Tholen
85 min walk • Church
3.4 miS
Windmill
De Verwachting, Tholen
87 min walk • De Verwachting is a corn mill in Tholen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a round, brick-built tower mill dating from 1848. The mill has many similarities with De Vier Winden in Sint-Annaland.
1 miSE
Canal
Eendracht
27 min walk • The Eendracht is a former tidal branch of river Scheldt that has been channelised to form the northern stretch of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal. It flows from the Zoommeer lake near Bergen op Zoom past the town and eponymous island of Tholen towards the former island of Sint Philipsland, where it used to end in the Krabbenkreek estuary.
4.7 miE
Church
Witte Kerk, Steenbergen
121 min walk • The church of the Protestant community in Steenbergen, better known as the White Church or Protestant Church, is a church building, a so-called water state church, in the Dutch town of Steenbergen.
4.6 miE
Church
Sint-Gummaruskerk, Steenbergen
117 min walk • The Sint-Gummaruskerk is a church in the Dutch city of Steenbergen.
3.3 miS
Windmill
De Hoop, Tholen
84 min walk • Windmill De Hoop in the town of Tholen is a post mill dating from 1736. The mill stands on the water of the old city canal on a footpath.
6.1 miSE
51°30'18"N • 4°17'22"E
Midgetgolf Meilust, Bergen op Zoom
157 min walk • Golf
3.3 miNW
Island
Sint Philipsland
84 min walk • Sint Philipsland is a former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Nowadays it is part of the municipality of Tholen. It contains the villages of Sint Philipsland and Anna Jacobapolder, and also the hamlet of De Sluis.