Hoeven - Sights

Sights

• Great seminar Bovendonk

The great seminar Bovendonk located in the center of Hoeven. In the year 1282 the abbey "Sint Bernardus" in Antwerp (Modern day Belgium) founded a new "garden" in Hoeven. In 1570 this garden became property of the Bishop of Antwerp. In 1646 it lost his function as Catholic Church and it become Protestant and the first Pastor arrived. 1871 the great seminar of Breda moved from location to Hoeven and the great seminar Bovendonk was born. Because all the ground of the seminar was still property of the Dutch government, the seminar bought the complete amount of ground in 1892 for 14000 Guilder. Three years later the famous designer Petrus J.H. Cuypers designed a complete new seminar for this location and in 1907 the new seminar in neogotic style appeared. Due the low amount of notifications for the Paster study the great seminar Bovendonk was abandoned in 1967 and left like this for the next 11 years. In 1990 first progress was made to commercialise the great seminar Bovendonk. In 2007 the 100th birthday of the great seminar was celebrated. These days it is in use as a conference center, hotel, exhibition and event center.

• Sint Jan de Bapist

The church "Sint Jan de Bapist" from 1929, designed by J.H. Berben in expressionistic style.

• Splesj

Recreationpark Splesj; formerly known as "Bosbad Hoeven". A park that is mainly focused at water and swimming. The park also contains a large campsite and multiple rentable vacation houses.

• De Toekomst

Windmill De Toekomst (The Future). A "Beltmill"-type cornmill from 1862 with a reach of 26meters.

• De Keien Pomp

"De Keien Pomp" (The pebbles pump). An old water pump which provided the village from water in the century's it wasn't connected to the modern waternet.

• WWII Monument

The World War II monument with all the names of lost citizens during the war located at long the toward the great seminar "Bovendonk".