Memorial Needle Rijswijk

This eye-catcher in the woods of Rijswijk was erected in memory of the Peace of Rijswijk. The memorial needle is placed on the spot where the stadholder palace Huis ter Nieuburg of Frederik Hendrik and Amalia van Solms used to be. In this palace, the Great Alliance peace treaty was signed on September 20, 1697. This ended the Nine Years' War between the Republic of the United Netherlands and the Kingdom of France. The buildings with moats and towers, once lavishly decorated by wife Amalia, were demolished in 1785. On the four sides of the obelisk are the arms of the countries that had signed the peace.