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The Vrouwenheide (Women's heath) is a hill in the Netherlands and former heath land, just south of Ubachsberg in the municipality of Voerendaal. With a height of 218 metres above NAP it is one of the highest points in the European part of the Netherlands.[1]

Vrouwenheide
Windmill Op de Vrouweheide
Highest point
Elevation	218 m (715 ft)
Coordinates	50°50′40″N 5°57′0.3″E
Naming
English translation	Women's heath
Language of name	English
Geography
Vrouwenheide Netherlands
Location	Limburg, Netherlands

Geology

The area is made up out of inliers and outliers. The Vrouwenheide is the highest point of the plateau of Ubachsberg. Between 1 and 2 million years ago it was part of the island of Ubachsberg in the Meuse river.[2]

With a height of 218 metres above NAP it is one of the highest point in the European part of the Netherlands. It was long believed that this was in fact the highest point in the Netherlands, because from the top you can see over the top of the Vaalserberg, to see the even higher hills from the German Eifel.[3]

Buildings

On the Vrouwenheide are several national monuments. Windmill Op de Vrouweheide, built in 1858, is located at 216 meters above Amsterdam Ordnance Datum, and built on an artificial hill to catch even more wind. As such it is the highest windmill in the Netherlands.[4][5] The Bernardushoeve is a farmhouse built in the early 19th century and currently a restaurant.[6][7] In the forest on the Vrouwenheide the remains of an old watchtower can be found.[8]

Activities

The Vrouwenheide has a lot of walking routes and biking routes pass through and is also home to a farmer's golf course. The Vrouwenheide is part of the Mergellandroute, a tourist route for cars and bikes through South Limburg, Netherlands, mapped out by the ANWB. Due to the hills, the Vrouwenheide and surrounding areas are part of the Amstel Gold Race, a road bicycle race. As such it was also part of the 2006 Tour de France (stage 3).

References

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На других языках

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[de] Vrouwenheide

Die Vrouwenheide ist ein Berg in den Niederlanden. Er befindet sich in der Gemeinde Voerendaal nahe dem Dorf Ubachsberg. Auf ihm befinden sich die Bernardushoeve und die mit 216 m NAP (Amsterdamer Pegel) höchstgelegene Windmühle der Niederlande (erbaut 1857). Diese brannte 1945 aus und wurde 1980 restauriert. Sie ist momentan bewohnt und trägt den Namen Op de Vrouweheide. Lange Zeit galt die Vrouwenheide als der höchstgelegene Punkt der Niederlande; dies ist aber tatsächlich der Vaalserberg.

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