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Assault on Nijmegen

The Assault on Nijmegen occurred on the night of August 10, 1589, involving troops of the mercenary Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen against the small garrison and some citizens at the city of Nijmegen.

Assault on Nijmegen
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The Assault on Nijmegen occurred on the night of August 10, 1589, involving troops of the mercenary Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen against the small garrison and some citizens at the city of Nijmegen.

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One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    De Wielewaal

    De Wielewaal is a tower mill in Beneden-Leeuwen, Gelderland, Netherlands which was built in 1857 and is in working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument.

    2 km · tower mill in Beneden-Leeuwen, Gelderland, Netherlands · Wikipedia

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Eindhoven (EIN), 50 km · Weeze (Niederrhein) (NRN), 53 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 70 km
  • Eindhoven → Assault on Nijmegen
    48 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · €7–9
  • Amsterdam → Assault on Nijmegen
    449 km · quickest by air, 6h 24m · €200–290
  • Rotterdam → Assault on Nijmegen
    415 km · quickest by air, 7h 45m · €230–350
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  • Get inWageningen can be reached by car from highway A12, which passes to the north, A15, which passes to the south and can be reached by a ferry over the Rhine, and the A50, which passes to the east.

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    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    158 km
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    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    494 km
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    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    657 km
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    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    673 km
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    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    710 km

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Next door to Assault on Nijmegen

Assault on Nijmegen is 36 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Echteldvillage in Neder-Betuwe, Netherlands3.1 km
  • Ochtenvillage in Neder-Betuwe, Netherlands2.8 km
  • Beneden-Leeuwenvillage in West Maas en Waal, Netherlands1.7 km
  • IJzendoornvillage in Neder-Betuwe, Netherlands1.5 km
  • Boven-Leeuwenvillage in West Maas en Waal, Netherlands1.6 km