Wijk bij Duurstede
Wijk bij Duurstede is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands.
Population centres
- Cothen
- Langbroek
- Wijk bij Duurstede
The city of Wijk bij Duurstede
The city (population as of 2001: 17,600) is located on the Rhine. At Wijk bij Duurstede, the Kromme Rijn branches off, and the main branch is called Lek River downstream from Wijk.
The name 'Wijk bij Duurstede' means 'neighbourhood near Duurstede'. It refers to Dorestad, an important trade settlement, that was pillaged around 850 by the Vikings.
Wijk bij Duurstede received city rights in 1315.
Cothen
Cothen (population: 2,400) is a small village northwest of Wijk bij Duurstede.
The skyline of Cothen is characterized by a church and a windmill called Oog Int Zeil.
