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Prattenburg Estate
Prattenburg Estate
3911 RW Rhenen -
Statues in the Máximapark
Statues in the Máximapark
Utrecht -
De Paltz Estate
De Paltz Estate
3768 MZ Soest -
Volmolen
Volmolen
Plantsoen Noord 2
3811 GH Amersfoort -
Soesterduinen Sand Dunes
Soesterduinen Sand Dunes
3786 MD Soest -
Pyramid of Austerlitz
Pyramid of Austerlitz
3931 MG Woudenberg -
Plofsluis
Plofsluis
The Plofsluis consists of five concrete bins with a relatively weak floor that span the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. The bins could store around 40,000 tonnes of sand, gravel or debris. In wartime, the floor could be blow up, so that its contents would drop into the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. This would block the canal and prevent the inundation water from flowing out. The lock was designed in such a way that its sides would remain upright after the explosion, so that the floor could be reconstructed and the sluice could be used again. It was never actually used.
3439 LS Nieuwegein -
Boerderij het Gagelgat: Boerderij van 't Jaar!
Boerderij het Gagelgat: Boerderij van 't Jaar!
3768 HD Soest -
TOP ‘t Jagershuys
TOP ‘t Jagershuys
3707 HW Zeist -
TOP De Linielanding
TOP De Linielanding
3433 NV Nieuwegein -
Dunes of Soest
Dunes of Soest
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Fort Everdingen aan de Lek
Fort Everdingen aan de Lek
4121 KK Everdingen -
TOP Oortjespad
TOP Oortjespad
Oortjespad
3471HD Kamerik -
Goejanverwelle lock
Goejanverwelle lock
The Goejanverwelle lock and the Enkele Wiericke lock on the Hollandse Ijssel played a key role in the Disaster Year. Together with the lock at Nieuwerbrug on the Oude Rijn, they formed the inlet to the Langeweide polder, which was the narrowest section of the Waterline. The locks were opened on 17 June 1672 – just in time to halt the advance of the French, who had already captured Oudewater and marched right up to the edge of the hastily flooded Waterline. With great promptitude, the commander of the garrison at Goejanverwelle, the Count of Horn, gave the order to raise sconces and fortifications to defend the locks. For the moment, the Waterline was safe!
3467 PR Hekendorp -
Hotel 't Wapen van Harmelen
Hotel 't Wapen van Harmelen
3481 EK Harmelen -
Lock at Cothen
Lock at Cothen
The water board uses the dam in the Kromme Rijn in Cothen to regulate the flow of water to and from Utrecht. The monumental lock alongside it (from 1865) was used during wartime to move ships past the dam. When the Waterline needed to be flooded, the commander of the inundation station at Wijk bij Duurstede first gave the order to raise the water level in the Kromme Rijn by closing off the lock with stop logs. Next, he ordered the stop logs to be removed so that a large body of water could flow from the open lock to Utrecht.
3945BN Cothen -
Breukelen
Breukelen
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Inundation lock at Wijk bij Duurstede
Inundation lock at Wijk bij Duurstede
In 1870, the Kromme Rijn was given a key role in the New Dutch Waterline. Back then, it took almost a month to flood the area around Utrecht. This had to be speeded up. To this end, the river was widened, its bends were straightened and locks and dams were built. Near Wijk bij Duurstede, a large inundation lock was built that made Wijk bij Duurstede the ‘tap’ with which to turn on the New Dutch Waterline. This reduced the time needed to flood the inundation areas to between 4 and 12 days. The inlet is still used daily to transport fresh water to the city of Utrecht and the river Vecht.
3961CH Wijk bij Duurstede -
TOP Bergse Bossen
TOP Bergse Bossen
Traaij 299
3971 GM Driebergen -
Koppelpoort (gate)
Koppelpoort (gate)
3811 MG Amersfoort -
Castellum Hoge Woerd
Castellum Hoge Woerd
3454 PB De Meern -
National Glass Museum & Glass studio
National Glass Museum & Glass studio
4142 LD Leerdam -
Pannenkoekenhuis Bergzicht
Pannenkoekenhuis Bergzicht
3931 MH Woudenberg -
TOP Nationaal Tree museum Gimborn
TOP Nationaal Tree museum Gimborn
3941 BZ Doorn
