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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Area (2006) | |
| - Total | 48. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Utrecht ( ˈyːtrɛxt is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 64 km² (18. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 sq mi) |
| - Land | 48. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 53 km² (18. 7 sq mi) |
| - Water | 0. 12 km² (0 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| - Total | 60,204 |
| - Density | 1,241/km² (3,214. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 2/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. Statistics Netherlands, founded in 1899, is a Dutch governmental institution that gathers statistical information about the Netherlands. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Utrecht ( city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht.
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The town of Zeist
The town of "Seist" was first mentioned in a charter in the year 838. Austerlitz is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Zeist, and lies about 6 km east of Zeist Bosch en Duin is a village in the municipality Zeist, in the Dutch province Utrecht. Den Dolder ( is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Zeist, and lies about 4 km northeast of Bilthoven Events By Place Europe At Hingston Down, Egbert of Wessex beats the Danish and the West Welsh The original settlement was located at the present Dorpsstraat. In the late 12th century, a church was built here. Its tower is now a part of the Reformed Church, the remainder of which was built in the 19th century. Until medieval times, a branch of the river Rhine flowed close to the centre of the town. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Three mansions were built near the village: the Huis te Zeist, Kersbergen, and Blikkenburg.
From 1677 to 1686, the "Slot Zeist" was built on or near the ruins of "Kasteel Zeist", the original castle (donjon) of Rodgar van Zeist. There is very little documentation on the family that lived there, but a few names are found: in the 12th century a Godefridus de Seist and in the late 13th century another Godefridus, a knight, with his son Johannes and his daughter Petronilla. (Bronnen voor de geschiedenis van Zeist, deel 1, ed. Van Hinsbergen. )
In the 14th century the last member of the van Zeist family was a woman, Elisabeth (?), who married a member of the Borre van Amerongen family. They had a son who adopted his mothers name and his fathers coat-of-arms. (JvZ)
In the last quarter of the 17th century, Count Willem Adriaan van Nassau, an illegitimate descendant of Prince Maurice of Orange, acquired the property and built Slot Zeist in the Dutch Classisist style. Maurice of Nassau (Maurits van Nassau ( 14 November 1567 &ndash 23 April 1625) Prince of Orange (1618&ndash1625 Murals by Daniel Marot are still largely intact. Daniel Marot (1661-1752 was a French Protestant, an Architect, Furniture designer and engraver at the forefront of the classicizing Late
Members of the Evangelical Brotherhood, the Dutch name for the Moravians, settled in Zeist in 1746, building for their community an impressive array of 18th century Classisist houses planned around two squares. This page is about the Moravian Church globally For information about the church in a particular geographic area use the links at Organisation below Their headquarters are still located in the centre of town, next to "the palace". The oldest Dutch archives of the Moravians are kept at the Utrecht Archival Centre at Utrecht. Utrecht ( city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht.
In the 19th century, Zeist became a favorite residence for the rich, mainly from the city of Utrecht.
Camp Zeist (Kamp van Zeist), a former United States Air Force base near this town, was in 2000 temporarily declared sovereign territory of the United Kingdom, (specifically Scotland), in order to allow the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial to take place outside the UK, but under Scots law. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial began on May 3, 2000, which was 11 years four months and 13 days after the blowing up of Pan Am Flight 103 on Scots law is a unique legal system with an ancient basis in Roman law. (See the reports on the trial at Camp Zeist by United Nations observer Dr. Hans Köchler: Hans Köchler's Lockerbie trial observer mission. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Hans Köchler (born October 18 1948 in Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria) is Full Professor of Philosophy and Chairman Hans Köchler 's Lockerbie trial observer mission stemmed from the dispute between the United Kingdom, the United States and Libya concerning )
Zeist is the location of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) and also known for the forests surrounding the town. The Royal Netherlands Football Association (Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond or KNVB is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria For many years the Dutch National Archaeological Research Service (Rijksdienst voor het Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek) was housed at Slot Zeist .
People from Zeist
The following famous people were born in Zeist:
- Hermann Snellen (1834-1908) ophthalmologist invented the Snellen chart
- Cees Adriaan Westera, lobbyist ( 1975). Herman Snellen ( February 19, 1834, Zeist - January 18, 1908) was a Dutch Ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen Ophthalmology is the branch of Medicine which deals with the diseases and surgery of the visual pathways including the Eye, Brain A Snellen chart is an Eye chart used by Eye care professionals and others to measure Visual acuity.
- Willem Pijper, composer (1894-1947). Willem Pijper ( Zeist, September 8, 1894 - Utrecht, March 18, 1947) was a Dutch Composer, Music
- Hendrik Marsman, poet and writer (1899-1940). Hendrik Marsman ( Zeist, September 30 1899 – English Channel, June 21 1940) was a Dutch poet and writer
- I. A. Diepenhorst, former minister of education, born in 1916. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
- Bert Blyleven, former Major League Baseball pitcher, born in 1951, emigrated to California as a child. Rik Aalbert "Bert" Blyleven (born April 6, 1951 in Zeist, Netherlands) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
- Mark Overmars, author of Game Maker (1958). Markus Hendrik Overmars (born 29 September 1958 in Zeist, Netherlands) is a Dutch computer scientist and teacher of games programming Game Maker is a proprietary software application written by Mark Overmars in the Delphi Programming language.
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