Holiday apartment in Lottum: roses, nature and culture

A holiday apartment in Lottum takes you to a place shaped by rose-growing traditions, tranquil landscapes and a rich cultural history. The first roses were cultivated here around 1875. In Rozendorp Lottum and the immediate surrounding area, around 20 million shrub roses are cultivated every year; this represents 70 percent of Dutch production. The rose therefore shapes horticulture, local history and many discoveries in the area.

Holiday apartment in Lottum among roses and nature

The Rozenhof Lottum Museum presents the history and development of roses, their role in culture and new developments in rose cultivation. Rozenhof Lottum is open daily from May through October, inclusive, from 10:00 to 17:00 and is considered a good starting and finishing point for interesting walking routes. Anyone wishing to explore Lottum by bicycle can follow the Rozenroute: its green signs bear the inscription “Rozenfietsroute”.

The landscape also offers distinctive themes for planning your trip. Kaldenbroek lies in an old, largely silted-up branch of the Meuse and consists mainly of a mosaic of partly wet hay meadows and alder carr forests. The Siebersbeek nature reserve is one of the rare places where streams have retained their natural character and the flow of the stream water determines the shape of the landscape. During a stay in Lottum, rose culture and wet, water-shaped landscapes thus stand side by side as distinct types of experience.

Cultural history from the chapel to the country estate

The historic Borggraaf country estate is of general and cultural-historical importance because of the high degree of preservation of its complex within an almost undisturbed rural structure. Borggraaf was first mentioned in 1501. Today, Borggraaf consists of a compact manor house with a forecourt and outbuildings surrounded by water. There is also a former oil mill near Siebersbeek, already mentioned in a document from 1440; the chamber for the water wheel has been preserved.

Several religious buildings tell the story of Lottum’s past. The original Quirinus Chapel was probably founded around 1638 by Jacob van den Hondskamp. The Quirinus Chapel in Lottum was built in 1946 to replace a chapel destroyed during the war. Residents of the hamlet of Houthuizen built the Holy Family Chapel in 1947 out of gratitude that the hamlet had survived the war unharmed. It is located on the Pieterpad; on Sunday afternoons in May and October, the rosary is recited there.

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Gertrudis was built in 1950 on the same site as the church destroyed by the Germans in 1944. In 2004, Verschueren Orgelbouw completed the reconstruction of the organ with slider chests, based on the existing material in the spirit of Randebrock. St. Anne’s Chapel was built in 1909 and restored in 2002. During the annual fair and Corpus Christi procession, which always takes place on the first Sunday in July, it serves as a station altar.

Distinctive local history for choosing your trip

Lottum’s more recent event history includes the Rozenfestival: from 1991 until its last edition in 2018, it was held every two years. Lottum also had its own railway halt; a rose bed was planted at the station to promote the rose. Another connection is provided by the Lottum-Lomm car ferry, which connects Lottum with Lomm. In Lottum, roses, nature, walking, cycling and cultural history represent different holiday focuses.

Discover more destinations

For more travel ideas, you can also discover Griendtsveen, Horst, Broekhuizen, Sevenum, Hegelsom, Grubbenvorst, America and Evertsoord.

For the higher-level travel overview: Horst Aan De Maas.