Nieuwersluis. Nieuwersluis is a small place within the municipality of Stichtse Vecht in the Dutch province of Utrecht.
It is halfway between Loenen and Breukelen. Nieuwersluis is built around a lock between the rivers Vecht and Angstel.
On May 1, 1817, Nieuwersluis became part of the municipality of Loenen-Nieuwersluis. Two years later, on October 1, 1819, the municipalities of Loenen-Kronenburg and Loenen-Nieuwersluis merged into one municipality of Loenen.
The latter municipality was merged into the newly formed municipality of Stichtse Vecht on 1 January 2011. Fort Nieuwersluis was built in 1673 as part of the Old Dutch Waterline.
Since then, the fort has been rebuilt and strengthened several times. In 1815 the fort became part of the New Dutch Waterline. The fort has been mobilized three times, but actual combat operations at the fort never took place. The fort is currently managed by Natuurmonumenten and is open to the public. There were also farms in the vicinity of the fort and Nieuwersluis could therefore be regarded as a fortress village. Part of Nieuwersluis is a protected village view. The place has dozens of national monuments. Northwest of the village, directly on the A2 is the Oukoper Molen, a polder mill from 1644. From 1843 to 1953, Nieuwersluis had a station, station Nieuwersluis-Loenen, where all trains, including international ones, stopped until 1913; the owner of the
It is halfway between Loenen and Breukelen. Nieuwersluis is built around a lock between the rivers Vecht and Angstel.
On May 1, 1817, Nieuwersluis became part of the municipality of Loenen-Nieuwersluis. Two years later, on October 1, 1819, the municipalities of Loenen-Kronenburg and Loenen-Nieuwersluis merged into one municipality of Loenen.
The latter municipality was merged into the newly formed municipality of Stichtse Vecht on 1 January 2011. Fort Nieuwersluis was built in 1673 as part of the Old Dutch Waterline.
Since then, the fort has been rebuilt and strengthened several times. In 1815 the fort became part of the New Dutch Waterline. The fort has been mobilized three times, but actual combat operations at the fort never took place. The fort is currently managed by Natuurmonumenten and is open to the public. There were also farms in the vicinity of the fort and Nieuwersluis could therefore be regarded as a fortress village. Part of Nieuwersluis is a protected village view. The place has dozens of national monuments. Northwest of the village, directly on the A2 is the Oukoper Molen, a polder mill from 1644. From 1843 to 1953, Nieuwersluis had a station, station Nieuwersluis-Loenen, where all trains, including international ones, stopped until 1913; the owner of the
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