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292  NOR THERN AND EASTERN NE THERLANDS

8 Appingedam
Road Map E1. * 12,400. @ 40, 45,
78, 140, 178. n Oude Kerkstraat 1
(0596-620300). ( Sat.
This town, a member of the
Hanseatic League in the Middle
Ages, was granted its charter in
1327. Standing at a junction of
waterways as it once did and
with a seaport, it quickly grew
into a major international
trading city. The medieval layout
of the city has remained largely
unchanged. The hanging
kitchens, visible from the
Vlinterbrug bridge, were built
this way to create more space Steam pumping station (1878) at the Winschoten polder, now a museum
in the houses. Directly over the
water are doors from which environs are excellent for walking P Fraeylemaborg
Hoofdweg 30–32, Slochteren.
people drew water for their or cycling, particularly around Tel 0598-421568. Open 2 Jan–31 Dec:
household needs. places like nearby Schildmeer. 10am–5pm Tue–Fri, 1–5pm Sat, Sun &
In the 18th century, the public hols. &
town again prospered, as the
Ebenhaëzerhuis well illustrates. 0 Fraeylemaborg
Appingendam, with over Road Map E1. n Noorderweg 1, q Winschoten
65 listed buildings, has a Slochteren (0598-422970). Road Map E2. * 18,500. @ 10, 12,
preservation order as a town 13, 14, 17, 29. n Torenstraat 10 (0597-
of historical interest. Fraeylemaborg is one of the 430022). ( Sat.
most imposing castles of
Groningen. It dates back to the This little town in Oost-
9 Slochteren Middle Ages. Three embrasures Groningen is known primarily
in the kitchen and the hall above for its three mills: Berg, a corn
Road Map E1. * 2,600. @ 78, 178.
n Noorderweg 1 (0598-422970). it bear silent witness to the and hulling mill from 1854;
( Thu. defensive functions the castle Dijkstra, which is 25 m (82 ft)
once had. In the 17th century, in height and dates from 1862;
When a natural gas field was two side wings were added, and and Edens, a corn and hulling
discovered here in 1959, in the 18th century it was given mill from 1761. The interesting
Slochteren gained overnight its present form with the Museum Stoomgemaal
national renown. The “Slochteren addition of the monumental contains a steam-powered
Dome” appeared to be the main wing. The castle is pump from 1878 which
largest in the world when it was surrounded by a double moat. was used to drain the
first discovered, and the revenue The extensive wooded park flooded polderland.
it brought in made Holland rich. just beyond the castle is an
The past of this historic town is interesting combination of the E Museum Stoomgemaal
closely associated with the lords 18th-century Baroque garden Oostereinde 4. Tel 0597-425070.
of the Fraeylemaborg. The style and the 19th-century Open call for timings. &
Reformed Church in Slochteren English landscape gardens.
consists of the remnants of a Environs
13th-century Romanesque- In Heiligerlee stands a
Gothic cross-naved church. The monument to the Battle of
Heiligerlee in 1568. This battle
is famous for being over in just
two hours and for the death
of Count Adolf of Nassau. The
Museum “Slag bij Heiligerlee”
has an exhibition dedicated to
the bloody battle.
E Museum “Slag bij Heiligerlee”
Provincialeweg 55. Tel 0597-418199.
Open Apr & Oct: 1–5pm Tue–Sun;
May–Sep: 10am–5pm Tue–Sat, 1pm–
The historical castle of Fraeylemaborg at Slochteren 5pm Sun. Closed public hols. &
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p399 and pp412–13

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