Batenburg
Batenburg is a city in the municipality of Wijchen, in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
Batenburg is a city in the municipality of Wijchen, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located on the Meuse, about 15 km west of Nijmegen. It is well known for the remains of a medieval fort in the center of the town. Batenburg received city rights in 1349. Until 1984, Batenburg was a separate municipality.
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Worth seeing in and around Batenburg
4 places 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.
- 01Batenburg Castle
Batenburg Castle is located in the village of Batenburg, in the Gelderland province in the Netherlands. It is thought that the castle began construction in 1300.
200 m · castle in Gelderland, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Hernen Castle
Hernen Castle is a Dutch castle from the 14th century. It is a well-preserved medieval castle in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.
3.6 km · museum in Hernen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03John S. Thompsonbrug
The John S. Thompsonbrug is a bridge over the Maas River between Grave and Nederasselt in the Netherlands.
9.6 km · bridge in North Brabant, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Lancaster Memorial
The Lancaster Memorial in Beuningen, Netherlands is a memorial that commemorates the crew of the British Avro Lancaster LM325 SR-J that crashed on the spot during the night of 22 to 23 June 1943 in World War II. The bomber belonged to the No. 101 Squadron of the RAF. Six of the seven crew lost their lives.
9 km · monument in Beuningen, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Batenburg
- Airports
- Weeze (Niederrhein) (NRN), 43 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 45 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 80 km
- Stations
- Oss railway station, 9.2 km · Wijchen railway station, 7.1 km · Ravenstein railway station, 3.2 km
- Eindhoven → Batenburg44 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · €6–8
- Amsterdam → Batenburg79 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · €10–15
- Rotterdam → Batenburg80 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · €10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Batenburg
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Batenburg. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inRavenstein has a marina along the Maasdijk, located by the ferry crossing between Ravenstein and Niftrik.
From Wikivoyage: Ravenstein, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Batenburg
Batenburg is 46 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ossmunicipality in the Netherlands9.9 km
- Wijchenmunicipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands6.7 km
- Drutenmunicipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands7.5 km
- Ravensteintown in North Brabant, the Netherlands3.4 km
- Ewijkvillage in Beuningen, Netherlands8.3 km
- Maasbommelvillage in West Maas en Waal, Netherlands6.3 km