Leeuwenpaal - Blaricum - Huizen (NL) - European Historic Survey Stones, Monuments and Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Leeuwenpaal (replica) bij Huizen, Randweg Oost.
Het is de noordelijkste paal.
Oorspronkelijk punt aan de Zuiderzee, waar vanuit een rechte lijn naar de Dom in Utrecht als grens tussen Holland en Utrecht zou worden getrokken.

Source (slightly modified) this Dutch website
(visit link)

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English abstract

About these border poles
The border between de province Noord-Holland and Utrecht dates from 1351. There was discussion about the border for quite some time. The border was therefore definitely defined in 1719.
In 1719, 22 stone (border)poles were put into place to mark the border between these provences.

After an inventory, in 1923, 8 border poles had disappeared.
The disappeared poles were replaced in 1925. Each pole had the two caots of arms on it. The side facing each provence holds the coats of arms of that provence.

Nowadays only 7 borderpoles are still from 1719, the others are replica’s.

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Date Logged Log User Rating   01/01/2021 Axel-F visited it