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Wijk bij Duurstede is a municipality
Municipality

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 small grouping of them....
 and a city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 in the central Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
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The city of Wijk bij Duurstede The city (population as of 2007: 23,377) is located on the Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
. At Wijk bij Duurstede, the Kromme Rijn
Kromme Rijn

The Kromme Rijn is a river in Utrecht , the Netherlands.In Ancient Rome times, this northernmost branch of the Rhine river delta was the main distributary of this major European river....
 (Crooked Rhine) branches off, and the main branch is called Lek River
Lek River

The Lek is a river in the western Netherlands of some 60 km in length. It is the continuation of the Nederrijn after the Kromme Rijn branches off at the town of Wijk bij Duurstede....
 downstream from Wijk bij Duurstede.

The name 'Wijk bij Duurstede' means 'neighbourhood near Duurstede'.






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Wijk bij Duurstede is a municipality
Municipality

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 small grouping of them....
 and a city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 in the central Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
.

Population centres


  • Cothen
    Cothen

    Cothen is a town in the Netherlands province of Utrecht . It is a part of the municipality of Wijk bij Duurstede, and lies about 10 km southeast of Houten....
  • Langbroek
    Langbroek

    Langbroek is a town in the Netherlands province of Utrecht . It is a part of the municipality of Wijk bij Duurstede, and lies about 11 km southeast of Zeist....
  • Wijk bij Duurstede
    Wijk bij Duurstede

    Wijk bij Duurstede is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands....


The city of Wijk bij Duurstede

The city (population as of 2007: 23,377) is located on the Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
. At Wijk bij Duurstede, the Kromme Rijn
Kromme Rijn

The Kromme Rijn is a river in Utrecht , the Netherlands.In Ancient Rome times, this northernmost branch of the Rhine river delta was the main distributary of this major European river....
 (Crooked Rhine) branches off, and the main branch is called Lek River
Lek River

The Lek is a river in the western Netherlands of some 60 km in length. It is the continuation of the Nederrijn after the Kromme Rijn branches off at the town of Wijk bij Duurstede....
 downstream from Wijk bij Duurstede.

The name 'Wijk bij Duurstede' means 'neighbourhood near Duurstede'. Duurstede is the name of the nearby castle/ruin, where the bishop of Utrecht used to live. Wijk bij Duurstede is located at the place where Dorestad
Dorestad

In the Early Middle Ages, Dorestad was one of the biggest, most important and flourishing trading places of Northwestern Europe.It was situated where the Rhine and Lek river rivers meet south of Utrecht in the Netherlands....
 used to be, an important trade settlement, that was pillaged around 850
850

Events...
 by the Vikings.

In Wijk bij Duurstede is the only drive-through mill in the world. The mill is often confused with the mill that was made famous by Ruysdael's
Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael

Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael was a the Netherlands landscape art painter....
 1670 painting. That mill however does no longer exist (its foundation can still be seen a couple of blocks away of the remaining mill). A big church tower is situated at the main street of the city. As one of the few in the Netherlands, this tower has a flat roof, because the bishop couldn't afford to make a high roof.

Wijk bij Duurstede received city rights
City rights in the Netherlands

City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. A liegelord, usually a count, duke or similar member of high nobility, granted a settlement he owned certain town privileges that settlements without city rights did not have....
 in 1300.

Wijk bij Duurstede is very musical. Every year they have a few great town party's. Once a year Wijk bij Duurstede forms into Jazz by Duurstede.

Wijk bij Duurstede also has a few bands growing quickly. Some bands are The Spark Plugs (www.thesparkplugs.nl), Carrera (www.carrera.to), Gurg (www.gurg.nl).

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