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Rijswijk
Summary
Rijswijk (ˈrɛisʋɛik), formerly known as Ryswick (ˈrɪzwɪk ) in English, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Its population was in , and it has an area of , of which is water.
The municipality also includes the former villages 't Haantje and Sion, currently also known as Rijswijk-Buiten.
62% Dutch background,
38% No Dutch background
Archeological excavations indicate that this area of the coastal dunes was already inhabited some 5500 years ago. The formation of the village Rijswijk took place in the 13th century, and its history was dominated by presence of mansions and estates of the nobility and affluent. Among the many country estates known to have been in Rijswijk are:
Arentsburg
Burchvliet
Cromvliet
Den Burgh
De Voorde
Drievliet
's-Gravenmade
Haag- en Delftzicht
Hilvoorde
Hoekenburg
Hofrust
Hoornwijk
Huis te Werve
Huis ter Nieuwburg
Leeuwendaal
Oversteen
Overvoorde
Schoonoord
Sion
Steenvoorde
Te Blotinghe
Tollenshuis
Vredenoord
Welgelegen
Zuidhoorn
The Treaty of Ryswick was signed at the Huis ter Nieuwburg in 1697, ending the Nine Years' War. A monument, the Needle of Rijswijk (1792), was erected to commemorate the treaty in the Rijswijk Forest.
Until 1900 Rijswijk remained a relative small community but it became urbanized during the 20th century when it expanded rapidly. Today, Rijswijk's area has almost been completely built-up. The last major development is the new Ypenburg neighbourhood, built on the lands of the former Ypenburg Airfield but this part of Rijswijk was annexed by The Hague in 2002. Rijswijk is part of the Haaglanden conurbation. During the years its built-up area has grown to the point where it has effectively merged with The Hague, even though it is still a separate municipality.
Up until 2009 Rijswijk had a polytechnic college for applied sciences; TH Rijswijk (Technische Hogeschool Rijswijk). After a merger with the Haagse Hogeschool, this was moved to the campus of the TUDelft in Delft. The building still remains.
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