Zeist: Moravian Settlement and Utrecht's Wooded Eastern Neighbour
Zeist has about 60,900 residents and lies in the province of Utrecht on the edge of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, a wooded glacial ridge that gives the area an unusual amount of tree cover for the central Netherlands. The Moravian Brethren, a Protestant community originating in what is now the Czech Republic, established a settlement here in 1746. Their symmetrical buildings around the Broederplein survive and define the village character of the centre.
Slot Zeist, a 17th-century country house built by Willem Adriaan van Nassau, sits in landscaped grounds near the centre. The municipality includes the villages of Austerlitz and Den Dolder. Austerlitz took its name after Napoleon's soldiers camped here and named it for their recent victory.
Utrecht city centre is about 10 kilometres west. The Heuvelrug's forests connect southward to Doorn and Driebergen. Several former country estates along the ridge have been converted to parks or institutional grounds.
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Zeist has about 60,900 residents and lies in the province of Utrecht on the edge of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, a wooded glacial ridge that gives the area an unusual amount of tree cover for the central Netherlands. The Moravian Brethren, a Protestant community originating in what is now the Czech Republic, established a settlement here in 1746. Their symmetrical buildings around the Broederplein survive and define the village character of the centre.
Slot Zeist, a 17th-century country house built by Willem Adriaan van Nassau, sits in landscaped grounds near the centre. The municipality includes the villages of Austerlitz and Den Dolder. Austerlitz took its name after Napoleon's soldiers camped here and named it for their recent victory.
Utrecht city centre is about 10 kilometres west. The Heuvelrug's forests connect southward to Doorn and Driebergen. Several former country estates along the ridge have been converted to parks or institutional grounds.
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