Hagestein
Sign in to saveHagestein is a village and former city in the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands, on the Lek River, about 2 km east of Vianen. It received city rights in 1382. Hagestein was destroyed in 1405 by the Count of Holland and the Prince-Bishop of Utrecht.
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- Hagestein
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- Village
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- nl
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- View on Hagestein
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- Netherlands Utrecht#Netherlands
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- Location in the Netherlands
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- Netherlands
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- Utrecht
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- Municipality
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- Vijfheerenlanden
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- 3
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.03
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,460
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Hagestein is a village and former city in the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands, on the Lek River, about 2 km east of Vianen. It received city rights in 1382. Hagestein was destroyed in 1405 by the Count of Holland and the Prince-Bishop of Utrecht.
Hagestein was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1986, when it merged with Vianen. Until 2002, it was a part of the province of South Holland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hagestein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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