Eastern Netherlands
Gelderland
Buren Municipality

Rijswijk

Rijswijk is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 9 km north of . It was first mentioned between 918 and 948 as Risuuic, and means "neighbourhood near twigs".
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  • Type: Village with 560 residents
  • Description: village in Buren, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Rijswijk (GLD)” and “Rijswijk, Gelderland”
  • Postal code: 4023

Places of Interest

Highlights include Martinuskerk and Duurstede Castle.

Church
Photo: Fred Mobach, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
is a church.

Castle
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Castle Duurstede is a medieval castle in in the province of in the .

Windmill
Photo: Hjvannes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a windmill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ravenswaaij and Wijk bij Duurstede.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 10 km northwest of . It was first mentioned in 1139 as Raueneswade, and means "fordable place of Raven ".

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in . It is a typically old Dutch town on the Crooked Rhine River. Dikes galore. Subject of Old Master Jakob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael's 1670 iconic Dutch landscape painting.

Village
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 10 km northwest of . It was first mentioned in 1214 as Zolemunde, and means "mouth of the river Zoel". is situated 3½ km southwest of Rijswijk.

Rijswijk

Latitude
51.95899° or 51° 57′ 32″ north
Longitude
5.35831° or 5° 21′ 30″ east
Population
560
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
9F37X955+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 44598094
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2748077
Wiki­data ID
Q1812494
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Rijswijk” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ryswyk, Gelderland”
  • Afrikaans: “Ryswyk”
  • Asturian: “Rijswijk”
  • Catalan: “Rijswijk”
  • Cebuano: “Rijswijk”
  • Chinese: “Rijswijk”
  • Dutch: “Rijswijk”
  • French: “Rijswijk”
  • Irish: “Rijswijk”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rijswijk”
  • Persian: “ریشه‌ویک”
  • Portuguese: “Rijswijk”
  • Ukrainian: “Рейсвейк”

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Highlights include De Hoekenburg and VV SCR Rijswijk.

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