Oud-Wulven is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located just north of the village of Houten, and is part of that municipality.

Oud-Wulven
Hamlet
Street view
Oud-Wulven Location in the Netherlands Show map of Utrecht (province) Oud-Wulven Oud-Wulven (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands
Coordinates: 52°02′40″N 5°09′18″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Utrecht
Municipality	Houten
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3992[1]
Dialing code	030[1]

History

Oud-Wulven was originally a heerlijkheid (fiefdom). In 1545 it was combined with the neighbouring heerlijkheid Waaijen. "Oud-Wulven en Waaijen" remained a separate entity until 1811, when it merged into Houten. This didn't last long: in 1818 they were combined with the heerlijkheden Wulven, Heemstede, Grote Koppel, Kleine Koppel, Maarschalkerweerd, and Slagmaat to a single municipality called "Oud-Wulven.[2]

Johannes Rothe was Lord of Oud-Wulven and Wayen in the Netherlands (1658–1671). He was a prophetic preacher and Fifth Monarchist. He married in 1660 in Goring House.[3]

The municipality Oud-Wulven had an area of about 10.7 km², and more than 250 inhabitants in the middle of the 19th century.[2] The municipality was merged back with Houten on 8 September 1857.[4]

It was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 as tot Ouden Wuolven, and uses oud (old) to distinguish from Wulven [nl].[5] Oud-Wulven is not a statistical entity,[6] and the postal authorities have placed it under Houten.[1] It has no place name signs. In 1840, Oud-Wulven was home to 43 people.[7]

Gallery

• 
  Farm De Klomp
• 
  House in Oud-Wulven
• 
  Former castle Oud-Wulven (1745-1774)
• 
  Houten in 1868. The heerlijkheden before 1795 are shown: Oud-Wulven (green), Waaijen (blue), Wulven (light blue), Heemstede (yellow), Grote and Kleine Koppel (pink and dark grey), Maarschalkerweerd (orange), and Slagmaat (red).

References