This series of 19 unique photo works for the passages under the railway in Albatrosstraat and Bleekstraat were commissioned by ProRail and the municipality of Utrecht by Frans Hofmeester (1959). What is special about this project is that local residents have been actively involved in its realization from the start. Frans Hofmeester’s photographic works have […]
ABC Street
Thomas van Nijkercken Dean of St. John’s Chapter, left part of his wealth for the benefit of this foundation. The foundation was founded in 1551 by will for the benefit of the ‘house poor’ In 1895 the foundation had five free homes, four of which are in ABC Street The houses on ABC Street were […]
The Rose under the Linden
The Rose under the Linden In 1443, Anton Hely built a house on the part of the Nieuwegracht that was called ‘Onder de Linden’. In his coat of arms he carried a rose, after which he probably called his house ‘The Rose’. That name remained in vogue until 1723 when the city of Utrecht purchased […]
Sonnenborgh Museum Observatory
Far away comes closer by Sonnenborgh, Museum – Observatory This photo was taken around 1895 from where you are standing now. On top of the hill is a large building with a number of tall masts on top. It is the establishment of the KNMI, which was started here in 1854, on top of the […]
general Israelite orphanage
Central Israeli Orphanage The child is no more Gen 37:30 This building has been located since 1871 The Central Israeli Orphanage Jewish orphans found here a safe home. In 1942 they, their companions and their director, taken away from here they never returned. “May their souls be bundled together in the bundle of eternal life” […]
Three Artist
Three Artists from the Same Time: Anna Maria van Schurman, Rembrandt and Jacob Backer (Jacob Houbraken, 1729)
Anna Maria van Schurman Cup
Goblet with lid, engraved by Anna Maria. Inscription: “Welcoming to friends”
Dissertation Anna Maria van Schurman
Dissertation on the suitability of the female mind for science and literature (Anna Maria van Schurman, 1641)
Poem Anna Maria van Schurman
Poem: Oh Utrecht, dear city, how hard it is to forget you Should my days with you never become worn out Ten times a day, I will praise thee city Which is soo beyond my judgment Because when my weary self thinks about lost souls I will say them farewell for whose purpose they fell […]
W.C. Röntgen founder of the x-ray
Discoverer of X-rays W.C. lived in this house from 1863 to 1865. Röntgen, discoverer of X-rays. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was born on March 27, 1845 in Lennep (Remscheid). He grew up in Apeldoorn. In the city of Utrecht he followed a higher technical education and then lived in this house with the chemist Dr. J.W. […]