Game of Malie on the Maliebaan In 1637, the Maliebaan was built for playing the malie or paille-maille game. In the 17th century, this golf game was widely practiced. With the malie – a wooden stick with an iron end – a ball was hit through an arc. The malies were rented out by the […]
Utrecht town council (vroedschap)
paille-malie game After Utrecht University was founded in 1636, the Vroedschap of Utrecht decided in 1637 to lay out a maille court for the paille-malie game, partly for the benefit of the students. This decision is recorded in the resolution of February 6, 1637: On monday the 6th of February, Agreement has been found to […]
Polar bear statue
This statue was placed on behalf of the Utrecht bourgeoisie in memory of May 7, 1945 That day the English pulled 49th Regiment Reconnaissance Troops Polar Bears as part of the First Canadian army across the Biltstraat into the city and thereby confirmed the Liberation of Utrecht
The East railway track
The Eastern Railway In 1874, the Oosterspoorbaan crossed a horticultural area of gardeners, also known as ‘the vegetable garden of Utrecht’. The vegetables were brought to the city over the river Minstroom, an old branch of the Kromme Rijn. After the construction of the railway with a bridge over the Minstroom, houses were built in […]
The Year of Peace 1713
‘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 […]