Orange Route
The Orange Route is a tourist route that runs from Amsterdam ( Netherlands) North and Central Germany again back to Amsterdam. It is 2400 km long and crosses the Netherlands and nine German Länder. The Orange Route leads through towns and regions which are of the house of Orange- Nassau connected for centuries.
States
The Orange Route leads coming from the Netherlands, first through North Rhine -Westphalia, Rhineland -Palatinate and Hesse only in the south, then in a north - easterly direction to strive towards by Lower Saxony, Saxony -Anhalt, Brandenburg and Berlin. From here it goes north-west by Mecklenburg -Vorpommern and to the west by Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Lower Saxony again back to the North Sea coast near Amsterdam.
Landscapes
On this holiday route the different landscapes are traversed: the North Sea coast and the plains of Holland, the Lower and Middle Rhine Valley, the green, sometimes harsh, sometimes gentle mountain range, the Havel country, the Mecklenburg Lake District and finally the wide plains of the north. Specifically, these are, starting from Amsterdam:
- North Sea region
- Province of Holland
- Lower Rhine
- Winners country
- Middle Rhine
- Lahn
- Rheinhessen
- Westerwald
- Taunus
- Lahn- Dill area
- Waldeck cal Upland
- Weser Uplands
- Resin
- Elbe Valley
- Havel country
- Mecklenburg Lake District
- Baltic Sea region
- Floodplains
- Lower Weser
- North German Plain
- West Friesland
- IJsselmeer
Attractions
Featured cities, castles and gardens can be found everywhere along this scenic route. Listed here are those places and attractions that are connected to the House of Orange - Nassau:
- Amsterdam - Prinsenhof, today Hotel The Grand
- The Hague - Binnenhof residence
- Delft - Sint Agatha monastery
- Dordrecht - Houses complex Berckepoort
- Breda - Orange Onze Lieve Vrouwe
- Buren ( Gelderland ) - St. Lambertus Church
- Apeldoorn - summer residence palace of Het Loo
- Moers - Castle Moers
- Freudenberg - Old Town / Former Nassau border fortress
- Nassau - Nassau Castle
- Diez - Woman residence Oranienstein with Orange-Nassau Museum
- Dillenburg - Wilhelmsturm on the Schlossberg, the birthplace of William I ( of Orange )
- Siegen - Siegerlandmuseum in the Upper Castle with the Orange forum
- Bad Arolsen - Schloss Arolsen
- Bad Pyrmont - summer residence, Pyrmont Museum
- Wernigerode - Wernigerode Castle and Museum
- Stolberg (Harz) - Stolberg Castle
- Dessau - Castle Mosigkau
- Oranienbaum - Schloss Oranienbaum
- Wörlitz - landscaped garden Woerlitzer Park
- Potsdam - Dutch Quarter, Dutch Mill
- Oranienburg - Oranienburg Palace with orangery
- Schwerin - Schwerin and Dresden Castle Castle Ludwigslust
- Hitzacker - Prince Claus Memorial bust
- Lingen - Old Town
- Nordhorn - Monastery Frenswegen
- Kamp- Lintfort - Klosterkamp
- Leeuwarden - Palais Princessehof and gardens Prinsentuin