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Heerlijkheid Leur Estate

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Heerlijkheid Leur Estate

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Heerlijkheid Leur Estate

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Location: Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands

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1. Heerlijkheid Leur Estate – Hernense Mill loop from Wijchen

13.2km

03:20

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2. Hernense Mill – Heerlijkheid Leur Estate loop from Hernen

10.8km

02:43

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3. Castle Hernen – Heerlijkheid Leur Estate loop from Wijchen

18.8km

04:45

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Alfred Bollen 🍀

March 18, 2022

Beautiful walk through quiet (even cycling is not allowed) wooded area.

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Ria van den Heuvel

January 18, 2021

Landgoed Heerlijkheid De Leur is one of the sights with beautiful nature when you walk the Walk of Wisdom.

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Flower 🌻

January 6, 2022

History

In the Early Middle Ages, several noble landowners succeeded in acquiring more and more political, economic and legal power. They called themselves ‘lord’ and their territory was therefore called ‘lordship’. The lord lived in a castle, from where he governed and protected his territory.

Lordship rights

Such a lordship consisted mainly of a number of rights, such as the right to maintain order, apply justice and collect taxes. Hunting rights, fishing rights and mill rights also belonged to this. Often the lords were only accountable to the king or the emperor, so not to a duke or count.

Leur

The Land of Maas en Waal had several of these types of lordships. Leur was one of the few to have been able to retain its character as an estate. In the Middle Ages, Leur belonged to the archbishopric of Cologne. In 1311 Leur came into the possession of Cistercian monks, who reclaimed the wild land and made it suitable for agriculture. At the end of the 18th century an estate was laid out with a park in romantic landscape style. Striking are the large, stately avenues with beautiful oaks and beeches.

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Elevation 60 m

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Heerlijkheid Leur Estate

1. Heerlijkheid Leur Estate – Hernense Mill loop from Wijchen

2. Hernense Mill – Heerlijkheid Leur Estate loop from Hernen

3. Castle Hernen – Heerlijkheid Leur Estate loop from Wijchen

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