Zeist

Zeist is a town and municipality inside the center of the Dutch province of Utrecht. The municipality has 63,960 inhabitants and has a place of ​​nearly 50 km². The municipality of Zeist is positioned inside the wooded vicinity of ​​the Utrechtse Heuvelrug and therefore has a predominantly 'green' person out of doors the residential areas. In addition to the main city of Zeist, the municipality has four villages: Austerlitz, Bosch and Duin, Den Dolder and Huis ter Heide. Because of the fortress Slot Zeist, Zeist is called Slotstad.

In a report from the year 838 point out turned into made from 'Seist' for the primary time. The name may also must do with the nearby soil conditions or flora. The year of basis might have to do with the Storm surge of 838. On March 23, 838, Count Rodgar donated various items to St. Maarten's Church in Utrecht placed within the Leomeriche gouw and some other place, and received different items from this church, located in Groessen, Zeist, Leusden, Hees and Doorn, for lifelong use towards price. From cijns. Villa Seist familias VI cum terris et edificiis earum.