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Zuilen is a district in the Northwest section of the Dutch city of

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

. Zuilen is bordered by the train line and the river Vecht, the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, the street Marnixlaan, and the city borders at the north. The neighborhood Elinkwijk, located in Zuilen, contains the protected city view Beschermd Stadsgezicht Zuilen-Elinkwijk. Buildings within this area are not automatically protected monuments, but the city government will monitor and adjust zoning and planning in the area to protect the look of the area.

History

Zuilen used to be a municipality in the Dutch

province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

. It existed until 1954, when it split in two parts. The southern part merged with

to form the district that is now known as Zuilen. Oud-Zuilen merged with Maarssen, which merged with other municipalities to form

Stichtse Vecht Stichtse Vecht is a list of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands and lies in the northwestern part of the Utrecht (province), province of Utrecht. The municipality has about 63,000 inhabitants and covers an area of a ...

on Januari 1st 2011. In 1510 the Zuylen Castle was established, where

Isabelle de Charrière Isabelle de Charrière (; ; 20 October 174027 December 1805), also known as Madame de Charrière and in the Netherlands as Belle van Zuylen (), was a Dutch and Swiss writer of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment who lived the latter h ...

(1740–1805) was born and lived in summer and in winter in the city of Utrecht, till she married in 1771. Zuylen castle has been open to the public since 1952.

References

* J.E.A.L. Struick, Zuilen. Utrecht, Het Spectrum, 1973. 122 p. {{Coord, 52.1272, N, 5.0694, E, source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:NL, display=title Former municipalities of Utrecht (province)