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Genneperhuis Ruins and the Confluence of the Niers and Maas

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Genneperhuis Ruins and the Confluence of the Niers and Maas

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Genneperhuis Ruins and the Confluence of the Niers and Maas

Name: Genneperhuis Ruins and the Confluence of the Niers and Maas
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Location: Boxmeer, North Brabant, Netherlands

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Hoekschop

November 11, 2018

The history of over a thousand years, and the strategic importance can be read here:
martinustoren.nl/de/schloss-gennep
And: nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genneperhuis
In addition, St. Norbert of Gennep (or Xanten) grew up here.
heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienN/Norbert_von_Xanten.htm

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July 8, 2025

From here, at least if you climb the viewing platform, you can see the mouth of the Niers in the Maas. But you can also walk there because you can go to the water and see the Niers much better.

The entrance gate to the viewing platform is also the entrance gate that gives you access to a fenced area within which the ruins of the Genneperhuis are located. And there is a piece of path that allows you to look closer.

It is almost certain that there was a Roman burgus near Gennep in the Maaskemp on the Maas. It is not clear whether people lived at the Genneperhuis. Probably around 900 AD a simple fortress was built at the mouth of the Niers in the Maas. The Genneperhuis was first mentioned in 1012. From that time on it was inhabited by the Lords of Gennep. One of their descendants: Norbert van Gennep, the founder of the Norbertines.

You can read the rest of the history at genneperhuis.info

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hartefelder

February 5, 2017

Here, where the Niers flows into the Meuse, is a historic place. You can find out more on the website: m.lustauflimburg.de/die-region/sehenswurdigkeiten/das-genneperhuis

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Genneperhuis Ruins and the Confluence of the Niers and Maas

1. Sint-Jansberg – Horizontal Oak on Apostelweg loop from De Horst

2. Sint-Jansberg – Horizontal Oak on Apostelweg loop from Milsbeek

3. Gennep Town Hall – Genneper Huispoort loop from Gennep

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