Country houses and windmills at the Loosdrechtse Plassen

Wijdemeren, North Holland, The Netherlands

Cycling route: 181762

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Provided by: Groots Genieten

30.7 km
01:48 h
541 kcal
6 m

Description

Explore the Loosdrechtse Plassen and enjoy the stately mansions and classic windmills that determine the atmosphere in the area. The Loosdrechtse Plassen are the beating heart of nature that you discover during the bike ride. Water was given more and more space by peat and between the lakes there are dykes and small islands. From the starting point you cycle five kilometers until you see the first three historic country houses on the route: Oud Over, Bijdorp and Vegtlust. Along the east bank of the Vecht, a historic park, a garden dome, a gardener's house/horse stable/coach house and a beautiful main building together form Oud Over. The whole is closed off with entrance gates. In the nineteenth century, Johannes Willem van Reenen bought four country estates next to each other on the Vegt. Bijdorp was one of them, another was Vegtlust, which was built in the eighteenth century. The other two were demolished and a beautiful park was created on the vacant piece of land. Vegtlust was renovated in 1981 and six apartments were built in it, but Bijdorp is one of the best preserved country estates in the area. Various parts of this country estate are protected because they are national monuments, such as the main building from 1700 and the historic garden and park layout. Three kilometers further you will find the estates of Vredenhoff and Middenhoek. Both country estates are surrounded by beautiful park-like gardens complete with a pond, groups of trees, wooded areas and open spaces. The main building of Middenhoek burned down in 1956, but the coach house, gardener's house, staff house, tea dome and coach house can still be admired. The last attraction is mill Gabriel on the program. The mill, also known as the Voorste mill, was built in 1635. The ground sailer is still able to turn, but no longer drains the polder. The moving gear and paddle wheel have been removed, but the painter Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriel immortalized the mill on canvas several times.
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Directions

# Description Distance
5
5 (1231NX, Wijdemeren, North Holland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
4
4 (Oud Over, 3633VZ, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 2.53 km
25
25 (3632NW, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 5.29 km
2
2 (3631AH, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 6.86 km
2
2 (Rijksstraatweg, 3631AA, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 6.95 km
33
33 (3632HA, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) 10.57 km

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