Steenbergen: Fortified Border Town in Western North Brabant
Steenbergen has approximately 23,580 inhabitants and lies in the far west of North Brabant, near the Zeeland border. The town was fortified during the Eighty Years' War and changed hands between Spanish and Dutch forces multiple times. Remnants of the star-shaped fortifications are still visible in the street plan and waterways. The Gummarus church in the centre dates from the 15th century.
Sugar beet processing at the Suiker Unie factory was a major employer for decades. The surrounding polders produce arable crops. Dinteloord, a village within the municipality, sits near the Volkerak estuary. The Binnenschelde, a closed-off former sea arm, provides a recreational lake.
Bergen op Zoom is about 10 kilometres east. Roosendaal lies roughly 15 kilometres south. The Zeeland islands are accessible via the bridges to the northwest.
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Steenbergen has approximately 23,580 inhabitants and lies in the far west of North Brabant, near the Zeeland border. The town was fortified during the Eighty Years' War and changed hands between Spanish and Dutch forces multiple times. Remnants of the star-shaped fortifications are still visible in the street plan and waterways. The Gummarus church in the centre dates from the 15th century.
Sugar beet processing at the Suiker Unie factory was a major employer for decades. The surrounding polders produce arable crops. Dinteloord, a village within the municipality, sits near the Volkerak estuary. The Binnenschelde, a closed-off former sea arm, provides a recreational lake.
Bergen op Zoom is about 10 kilometres east. Roosendaal lies roughly 15 kilometres south. The Zeeland islands are accessible via the bridges to the northwest.
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