Austerlitz - Low Fire

From Village to Village - Austerlitz to Lage Vuursche

Hours going: 41/2
paved/unpaved: 35/65
Accessibility by public transport:
Lage Vuursche: Bus: stop Dorp
Austerlitz: Bus stop Village Square

Fastest connection between end and start point:
Lage Vuursche, Bus stop Village, bus 59, dir. Zeist
Transfer: Zeist Busstation
Zeist Bus Station, Bus 381, dir. Driebergen
Excursion: Austerlitz, Bus stop Village Square
travel time approx. 00:55 min, (not on Sat. and so on.)

Soldiers and theatre!
These are the keywords of this route that goes from the village square in Austerlitz to the church of the Lage Vuursche. Austerlitz owes its existence to the troops of the French army who were stationed here in the woods around 1804. They certainly did not make theatre, but this route also introduces you to two special, albeit small, but very fine locations where theatre is made possible: The Beaforthuis and as an absolute highlight The Herman van Veen Arts Center on Landgoed De Paltz is Soest.
Not only the French troops left their mark in this region, so did the Russian Cossacks who were expelled from the city for misconduct in the city of Utrecht and exiled to the forests of Austerlitz. You can get acquainted with the history of the Dutch Armed Forces in the National Military Museum that you reach after you have crossed the former runway of Soesterberg Air Base.
Over the slopes of Landgoed De Paltz and over the avenues of the Pijnenburg Estate we finally arrive in De Lage Vuursche where, provided the princess is at home, we can once again see soldiers at work. The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee keeps watch at the gate of Drakensteyn Castle.
At the Stulpkerk of the village you come to the end point of this route.
There are plenty of opportunities to settle down on one of the terraces of the picturesque village of De Lage Vuursche. In winter it is good to eat pancakes there.