Netherlands · Provincie Zuid-Holland · Dordrecht
Crabbehof, Dordrecht — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Crabbehof is a Dordrecht city district of the 1960s, laid out on the southern side of the city and named after the small castle Crabbehoff within it.
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Station Dordrecht Zuid sits at the edge of Crabbehof, with trains to Dordrecht, Breda and Roosendaal. The district is housing, not a visitor's quarter. Its shopping centre carries the name of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, a sixteenth-century statesman, which sets it apart from streets named for politicians of the nineteenth and twentieth.
About Crabbehof
What are the main landmarks in Crabbehof?
The castle Crabbehoff that gave the district its name now works as a conference venue. Julianakerk stands in the district as well. Square garden courts are the real signature: this pattern of plantsoenen appears nowhere else in Dordrecht, and is said to take after the medieval hofjes of the old town.
What is the history of Crabbehof?
Crabbehof went up in the 1960s. Its streets carry the names of Dutch politicians of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, among them Thorbecke, Domela Nieuwenhuis, Troelstra, and Colijn.
Where is Crabbehof?
Crabbehof lies on Dordrecht's southern side, in the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland, with the castle grounds at its middle. Station Dordrecht Zuid is on its edge.
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Updated September 2026