Between Lek & Linge
Between Lek & Linge surprises you with a diverse range of culture and heritage. With one of the oldest cities in the county of Holland, Ameide, Vrijstad Vianen and the Glass City of the Netherlands, Leerdam there is plenty to do between Lek & Linge.
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Together with Everstein Castle, it was Hagestein Castle in Gasperden (now Hagestein) that formed the centrepiece of this line of defence. The castl...
Kasteelterrein Hagestein
The Grote Kerk in Vianen is not only a church, but also the last resting place of at least 24 members of the Van Vianen and Van Brederode families
Grafmonument Grote Kerk
The Vianen forest and the Bolgarian forest consist of willow and poplar with sections of deciduous forest. The Vianen forest was the hunting forest...
Griendenlandschap en het Bolgarijnse bos
With the reclamation of the peatlands in the 11th Century in the area of today’s Vianen, the Lek was also diked.
Lekdijk
The church in Hagestein is not only one of the oldest in the Vijfheerenlanden region, but it also played a key role for some time as the mother chu...
Kerk Hagestein
The extensive development ribbon with a number of old farms is still clearly visible today. One of these farms is Rustenburg near Everdingen. The n...
Boerderij Rustenburg
Destroyed towns and castles, plundering and domestic (and foreign) wars: every town and village has its own story to tell. Everdingen was put on th...
Fort Everdingen
In the context of the Rhine canalisation, the Rijkswaterstaat constructed 3 almost identical weir complexes on the Lek near Hagestein, Amerongen an...
Stuwcomplex Hagestein
The Essensteyn farm lies at the bottom of the Lek Dike, on the edge of Everdingen. The farmhouse was originally built in a T-shape, with the front...
Boerderij Essensteyn
Originally, the town hall consisted of a spacious hall, the civic hall, which was also used as a market hall, with a smaller space at the rear of t...
Stadhuis
Between 1335 and 1336, Heilwich van Vianen and her husband Willem van Duivenvoorde granted various town rights to Vianen. They also ordered Vianen...
Stadskern Vianen
The pump was built in the year 1648 on the orders of Johan Wolfert van Brederode during a major operation to renovate and beautify the castle.
Waterpomp Hofplein
Step inside the glassblower’s workshop at the National Glass Museum’s glass studio.
De Glasblazerij
On Stadhuisstraat, the layout of the mediaeval building complex can still be clearly seen. At the front is the old town hall, behind it the former...
Gasthuiskapel
The past is never far away on a walk in and around Vianen town centre. The remains of the original defences can be found in various places: the Lek...
Stadsmuur en stadsgracht
The oldest traces of habitation in the immediate surroundings of Vianen are not in the town itself, but just outside the current hamlet of Helsding...
Buurtschap Helsdingen
The bronze horse on Voorstraat recalls the long history of the Paardenmarkt in Vianen.
Het paard
After a fire in the year 1540, the church (de Grote Kerk) was rebuilt in its current form almost immediately (as a combination of a hall church and...
Grote kerk Vianen
The sundial located on Lijnbaan is one of the last remaining tangible memories of the former Amaliastein pleasure garden.
Zonnewijzer Lijnbaan
The Lekpoort is the only remaining town gate of Vianen. Together with the Oostpoort and the Landpoort, it formed the gateway to the walled town cen...
Lekpoort
Hendrik van Brederode built a summer residence in the year 1560 for his wife Amalia, Countess of Nieuwenaar. He named this castle located in the Vi...
Amaliastein
