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Utrecht capital of the province of the same name is located quite centrally in the Netherlands and has 312,000 inhabitants in the city.. It is a university town and seat of two bishops.. (rk and Old Catholic) <9> <9> In the west of the town around the village of Vleuten, an ambitious city plan project, Leidsche Rijn, is being completed for 2015.. Housing in as small a settlement as possible with homes for 100,000 people is being created on around 20 square kilometers.. <9> Many of the houses are located by canals.. Residents should reach all infrastructure facilities such as child care, schools, shopping centers, leisure and sports facilities via the cycle path network as quickly as possible.. <9> <9> Historical <9> <9> * 48 AD Roman Settlement <9> * 690 Construction of a Mission by the St.. Willibrod <9> * 12th cent.. Construction of the city wall <9> * 1122 city rights, awarded by Emperor Henry V, also bishop´s seat, which explains many medieval churches.. <9> * 1559 seat of an archbishopric <9> * 1576 rebellion against the Spaniards <15> In 1579 the Utrecht Union is closed in Utrecht.. <9> * 1636 Founding of the University <9> * 1723 Schism between the clergy of the archdiocese and the pope - as a result the creation of the Old Catholic Church in the Netherlands.. <9> * 1853 Utrecht becomes again bishop seat of a Roman Catholic bishop and therefore has 2 bishops <9> * 1931 Foundation of the fascist National Socialist Movement (NSB) <9> <9> Attractions <9> <9> * Catharijneconvent, major religious history museum in the former St. Catherine´s Monastery next to the St. Catherine´s Cathedral <9> * Galgenwaard, stadium on the eastern edge of the city <9> * Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum, the Dutch Railway Museum <9>, * Paushuize and some old houses and castles <9> * Utrecht Cathedral with Hemony glockenspiel from the 17th century. The tower near the cathedral is meant to commemorate the dead of World War II <9> * Museum Van Speelklok tot Pierement, a museum of music boxes and barrel organs <9> * Vredenburg, the music center <9> * Centraal Museum Utrecht (ancient and modern art) <9> * the Doopsgezinde Kerk, a hidden church (Schuilkerk) of the Utrecht baptized <9> * many old churches such.. For example, Buur, Jans, St. Petri, Nikolai, Jacobi, Geertekirche, Utrecht has a university and colleges, so a relative density of restaurants and pubs is not really surprising.. <9> * University Library, architecturally significant campus ´De Uithof´ <9> * Branch of Holland Casino <9>