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Stichtse Vecht
Stichtse Vecht is a list of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands and lies in the northwestern part of the Utrecht (province), province of Utrecht. The municipality has about 63,000 inhabitants and covers an area of about 107 km2 (41 sq mi). Stichtse Vecht was formed on 1 January 2011 by a merger of the municipalities of Breukelen (in the west), Maarssen (in the east) and Loenen (in the north). Geography Stichtse Vecht is situated north of the Utrecht, city of Utrecht, in an area called the ''Vechtstreek''. It is near sea level and is mostly rural with many pastures. Within its boundaries are the Maarsseveense Plassen, which are recreational lakes. Northeast it borders the Loosdrechtse Plassen, also recreational lakes, which lie in neighbouring municipality of Wijdemeren. The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal and the river Vecht (Utrecht), Vecht cross the municipality from south to north. Topography ''Map of Stichtse Vecht, June 2015'' History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of The Netherlands
Since 1 January 2023, there have been 342 regular municipalities ( ; Grammatical number#Overview, sing. ) and three Caribbean Netherlands, special municipalities ( ) in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean. Municipalities are the second-level administrative division, or public body (Netherlands), public bodies (), in the Netherlands and are subdivisions of their respective provinces of the Netherlands, provinces. Their duties are delegated to them by the Cabinet of the Netherlands, central government and they are ruled by a municipal council (Netherlands), municipal council that is elected every four years. Municipal merger (politics), mergers have reduced the total number of municipalities by two-thirds since the first official boundaries were created in the mid 19th century. Municipalities themselves are informally subdivided into districts and neighbourhoods for administrative and statistical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utrecht
Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The municipality of Utrecht is located in the eastern part of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands, and includes Haarzuilens, Vleuten and De Meern. It has a population of 376,435 as of . Utrecht's ancient city centre features many buildings and structures, several dating as far back as the High Middle Ages. It has been the religious centre of the Netherlands since the 8th century. In 1579, the Union of Utrecht was signed in the city to lay the foundations for the Dutch Republic. Utrecht was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city. Utrecht is home to Utrecht University, the largest university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slot Zuylen
Zuylen Castle ( ) is a Dutch castle at the village of Oud-Zuilen just north of the city of Utrecht. It is located along the river Vecht at the southern end of the Vechtstreek. The castle was originally built in the 13th century by lord van Suilen en Anholt as a simple donjon. In 1422 during the Hook and Cod wars the castle was completely demolished. In 1510 rebuilding started. In 1752 the castle was modified for the last time. It holds a tapestry by the Delft carpet A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of Pile (textile), pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but since the 20th century synthetic fiber, synthetic fibres such as polyprop ... weaver Maximiliaan van der Gught. Its past inhabitants include Steven van der Hagen and Belle van Zuylen. Image:Zuylen.jpg, Slot Zuylen with serpentine wall Image:Slangenmuur.jpg, Serpentine wall (for fruits) Image:Toegangspoort.jpg, Entrance gate Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nijenrode Castle
Breukelen-Nijenrode is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The municipality was formed in 1815, when the municipality of Breukelen Breukelen () is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the northwest of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and tourist i ... was split into two parts. Breukelen-Nijenrode covered the western part of the former municipality, including the center of the village of Breukelen itself. It was named after the Kasteel Nijenrode, which lies south of the village. In 1949, the municipalities of Breukelen-Nijenrode and Breukelen-Sint Pieters merged again, to form the municipality of Breukelen. Former municipalities of Utrecht (province) Stichtse Vecht {{Utrecht-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buitenplaats
A buitenplaats (, ) was a summer residence for rich townspeople in the Netherlands. During the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, many traders and city administrators in Dutch towns became very wealthy. Many of them bought country estates, at first mainly to collect rents, however soon mansions started to be built there, which were used only during the summer. History Buitenplaatsen or buitenhuizen could be found in picturesque regions which were easily accessible from the owner's home in town, and they were near a clean water source. Most wealthy families kept their children in buitenhuizen during the summer to flee the putrid canals of the cities and the accompanying onset of cholera and other diseases. Though most buitenhuizen have been demolished, examples are still in existence along the river Vecht (Utrecht), Vecht, the river Amstel, the Spaarne in Kennemerland, the river Vliet (canal), Vliet and in Wassenaar. Some still exist near former lakes (now polders) like the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loenen Oan De Fecht 69
Loenen () is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It was in the ''Vechtstreek'' area. On January 1, 2011, Loenen merged with Breukelen and Maarssen to form Stichtse Vecht. Population centres The former municipality of Loenen consisted of the following cities, towns, villages and districts: * Loenen (aan de Vecht) (main town) * Loenersloot * Mijnden * Nieuwerhoek * Nieuwersluis * Nigtevecht * Vreeland History The earliest traceable mention of the game of golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ... refers to a game played in Loenen aan de Vecht. In his book ''Early Golf'', describes how the game of "Colf" or " Kolf" was played in 1297 near the castle of Kronenburg. The players had to hit the castle door in as few strikes as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal ( Dutch: ''Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal'') is a canal in the Netherlands that was built to connect the port and capital city of Amsterdam to the main shipping artery of the Rhine. Its course follows a generally southeasterly direction as it goes through the city of Utrecht towards Wijk bij Duurstede where it intersects the Lek branch of the Rhine and then continues on to the river Waal near Tiel Tiel () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal (river), Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the Eas ..., with a branch, the ''Lek Canal'', to the Lek near Nieuwegein. The Amsterdam-Rhine Canal is the world's most frequented artificial waterway with an annual average of 100,000 ships. References Canals in the Netherlands Canals opened in 1952 Canals in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta Canals in North Holla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wijdemeren
Wijdemeren () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on the western border of the Gooi region. Wijdemeren contains many lakes, including ''Spiegelplas'' and ''Ankeveense Plassen'' in the north(east) and ''Loosdrechtse Plassen'' in the (south)west. Wijdemeren was established as a merger of 's-Graveland, Loosdrecht, and Nederhorst den Berg on 1 January 2002. The former municipality of Loosdrecht belonged to the province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. Population centres The municipality of Wijdemeren includes the following small towns and villages: Topography ''Map of the municipality of Wijdemeren, 2013.'' Local government Notable people * Jan Jacob Spöhler (1811–1866) painter * Hendrik Jan Schimmel (1823–1906) poet and novelist * Barend Klaas Kuiper (1877–1961) history professor and author, wrote on Dutch Calvinist church history * Tjalling Koopmans (1910–1985) Dutch American mathematician and economist, joint winner of the 1975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
