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Vecht is a Rhinemarker branch in the Dutchmarker province of Utrechtmarker. It is sometimes called Utrechtse Vecht to avoid confusion with its Overijssel counterpartmarker. The area along the river is called the "Vechtstreekmarker".

The Vecht originates in the city of Utrechtmarker, where the Kromme Rijn stream forks into two branches: the Leidse Rijn/Oude Rijn branch to the west and the Vecht to the north. Originally the Vecht branched off south of the city near the Roman fort Fectiomarker, flowing eastwards around the city, but in the 12th century a northern shortcut was dug out.

The Vecht twists and turns north past the towns and villages of Maarssenmarker, Breukelenmarker and Nigtevechtmarker, crosses the border into the province of North Holland, passes the town of Weespmarker and discharges into the Markermeermarker (Lake Marken, part of the former Zuiderzeemarker) at Muidenmarker. The Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal (Amsterdam-Rhine Canalmarker) was dug in the Vecht basin.

The Roman historian Tacitus tells us that in the first century CE, a Roman fleet sailed due north down a Rhine branch, then sailed past Lake Flevomarker (now the Markermeer and IJsselmeermarker lakes) into the North Seamarker; since the river IJssel was not yet connected to the Rhine in those days, it is assumed they sailed on river Vecht.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, many country estates known as "buitenplaats" were built on the banks of the Vecht by rich merchants and administrators from Amsterdammarker.


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