Rhijnauwen

The Huis or Kasteel Rhijnauwen is located on the right financial institution of the Kromme Rijn, approximately kilometers west of the Utrecht metropolis of Bunnik. In the 18th-century mansion there are elements of an older residence at the returned and on the left that have to had been here earlier than. The residence bureaucracy the middle of a good sized, busy property, which may be walked via beautiful avenues. Since 1933 a teens hostel has been positioned within the usa house; this is the oldest youth hostel in the Netherlands. Theehuis Rhijnauwen is near the kids hostel, one in every of the most important sights in the vicinity.

The call Rhijnauwen is probably derived from auen, an old phrase for the moist pastures alongside the Rhine. The estate in all likelihood dates from the 13th century. The first mention of the city of Rhijnauwen, a knightly courtroom, dates from 1212. The residence was owned by way of the Van Lichtenberg own family in the first half of of the 14th century. This circle of relatives became on the time one of the maximum powerful households in Utrecht and also owned Huis Lichtenberg.