Middelburg Discovery Tour: Abbey Power and Rebuilt Gothic
135 min
1.7 km
10 stops
About this tour
Middelburg's town hall and Lange Jan were gutted on 17 May 1940 and rebuilt. The abbey has been the provincial seat since 1574. A self-guided centre walk with quizzes in the StepQuests app.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Stadhuis
The town hall on the Markt was built between 1452 and 1520 by a famous family of master builders. It burned out on 17 May 1940; Queen Juliana reopened it in 19…
Lange Jan
The climb up the Lange Jan has about 207 steps. The shaft dates from the late fourteenth century. The tower burned in 1568, 1712 and 1940 and reopened in 1955.
Nieuwe Kerk
The Nieuwe Kerk has a fifteenth-century abbey nave rebuilt after the 1940 fire. A famous naval hero is buried inside.
Abdij
The abbey was a Premonstratensian house from 1127 and has been the seat of the province since 1574. The cloister is reached through the marked door.
Zeeuws Museum
The Zeeuws Museum has been in the abbey since 1972 and has its roots in the Zeeland Society of 1769. The abbey was founded in the twelfth century by Premonstra…
Munttoren
The Munttoren on the edge of the abbey block is a fifteenth-century tower of the Zeeland mint. It was restored after the 1940 fire.
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