‘T Vredejaer 1713 After negotiating for over a year, a series of separate peace treaties were signed in Utrecht in 1713: the Peace of Utrecht. This brought the War of the Spanish Succession to an end (battle over the succession to the throne in Spain between, among others, England and France and numerous European allies). […]
Former cheese warehouse
Former cheese warehouse In 1888 Joh. Verschuur and son from Rotterdam built this cheese warehouse. The building refers to the farmhouse cheese that was made and traded on a large scale in the area. However, this cheese warehouse soon lost its original function. It was used as a grain store, metal company and after the […]
Former bakery
Former Bakery (Voorm. Bakkerij) This building probably dates from the end of the 18th century. A bakery was located here until well into the 20th century. Until 1839 there was a passage to the former Roman Catholic church along this plot. In the 19th century it was renovated and the front and side facade were modernized. […]
Breaches of the dike of 1624
The Dike Breach of 1624 On the other side of the water, in the wall next to the bridge, you will see this memorial stone. The stone reads “DE HOECTE VAN DE LECK 1624” and indicates the height of the water level during the flooding of the Lek in that year. However, the stone is […]
Clausstral House of St. Pieter
Clausstral house of St. Peter. Original rear facade of a house of a canon of the Pieterskerk. This site became a facade in the 17th century. In 1744 (right) and 1756 (left) Jacob Maret was commissioned by the owner D.J. van Tuyll van Seroeskerken van Zuylen to build a facade of Blue limestone. The top […]
Overvecht: from peat meadow area to a residential area
Overvecht: from peat meadow area to residential area You are in a peat meadow area that was created in 2005. Until about 1960, the whole of Overvecht was a peat meadow area and consisted of narrow strips of land, dikes and ditches. It originated in the 12th and 13th century through large-scale cultivation of the […]
The scale
The scale There used to be serious cylinders here They provided work and gave us lettered light Now I’m on my terp of packaged litter Green cultivated, carefully decorated for a bit of relaxation for spoiled children I lay my elbow on my knee and gaze at a horizon full of urban obstacles It doesn’t […]
Castle “De Haar”
Landgoed Haarzuilens includes the imposing Kasteel de Haar with its castle gardens, the village of Haarzuilens and the surrounding lands. There is something for everyone in the area: a visit to a castle, a nice walk or bike ride in nature and a lunch or picnic in between these activities. Castle the hair Few castles […]
tempered glass
Armored glass Until the 1970s, the only measure to prevent attacks on or sabotage of the telecommunications network was simply to lock the front doors after closing time. After the train hijackings and hostage-taking, but also with the emergence of terrorist groups such as the Bader Meinhof and RaRa, there was a growing awareness that […]
Romance – Bicycle parking
Romance When a lot of staff still worked in this building in the 1960s, romances also arose. My best memory of the Neude In 1960 I, Joop van Luijn, worked at the assembly department in the telephone exchanges on the Neude. That same year I met my current wife in the post office. Irene worked […]