Border marker provincial border

Boundary marker 9
On Dr. Albert Schweitzerweg, south of the Hilversum-Amersfoort railway line and north of Soestdijkerstraatweg. Border Hilversum - Laren - Baarn "1719"

The border between the provinces of North Holland and Utrecht dates back to 1351.
After the boundary was established, a (wooden) Lion pole was struck on the Zuiderzee and the Goyergracht was dug from there. Border conflicts continued in the area around the Vuursche.

The final boundary was established in 1719. The eastern border (formed by the Goyergracht North and South, Dr. Albert Schweitzerweg, Gooiersgracht, Hollandsesloot) ran straight from the Gooimeer (then Zuiderzee) towards the Dom tower in Utrecht to the Vuursche Dreef in Hollandsche Rading.
This boundary is still present at the time of the final determination in 1719 from lion pole to pole 6.
The further course of the final border is slightly east and parallel to the original straight line on the cathedral in Utrecht.

From the Vuursche Dreef the border runs in a straight line to the west for about 4.5 km along Egelshoek and along the Tienhoven canal (Graaf Floris V road and Kanaaldijk).

On the northern tip of the border stood the (wooden Lion Pole) since 1356. In 1719, a total of 22 hard stone poles were placed along the entire border, numbered from Laren, with on the Utrecht side the coat of arms of the province of Utrecht (combination of the arms of Holland, Sticht and the city of Utrecht) and on the North Holland side the coat of arms of the county of Holland (model 1719).

An inventory in 1923 by The Monuments Conservation showed that eight had disappeared.
Two poles appear to be in the garden of Agter Kampen 53 Laren (nos. 5 and 21)
In 1925, new poles were installed to a design by Delft professor A.W.M. Odé.
The piles were manufactured by stonemason H.J. Etienne. (model 1925)
The border posts from 1925 contain the provincial arms.

There are still 7 copies from 1719.
The current Lion Pole is a replica of a model '1719' from the last century.

The webmaster has recovered and photographed the poles (with the exception of pole 7: photos made available by the Municipality of Hilversum).
The Utrecht arms (on the Utrecht side (east) are better preserved than the North Holland (west side).

The Lion Pole and poles 1 to 16 are on the eastern border, 16 to 22 on the southern border.

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