Everything about The Kromme Rijn totally explained
The
Kromme Rijn ("Crooked Rhine", for its
many bends) is a river in
Utrecht (province), the Netherlands.
In
Roman times, this northernmost branch of the
Rhine delta was the main distributary of this major European river. Along its banks the Romans built their frontier
castella part of the
Limes Germanicus.
Since the
Middle Ages, however, the stream lost its importance as it silted up, and eventually it's nearly cut off from the
Nederrijn-
Lek main artery. Yet it retained the name "Rhine".
The Kromme Rijn splits off the Nederrijn-Lek main artery at the old town of
Wijk bij Duurstede (called
Dorestad before medieval times), after which it twists and turns through the
province of
Utrecht, past the towns of
Bunnik and
Zeist, and ends in the
moat of the city of
Utrecht.
Originally, the city of Utrecht was built by the Romans at a
ford (crossing) near the place where the Kromme Rijn forks into rivers
Vecht (north) and
Leidse Rijn (west); the last stretch within the
city walls, however, was
channelised to form the
Oudegracht canal. Rivers Leidse Rijn and Vecht extend from the city moat and are the continuation of the Kromme Rijn.
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