Asschat

This article is about the Dutch municipality. For the Libyan football club, see Aschat (Tripoli).

Asschat
Coordinates: 52°7′54″N 5°27′1″E / 52.13167°N 5.45028°E / 52.13167; 5.45028
Country	Netherlands
Province	Utrecht
Municipality	Leusden

Asschat is a hamlet in the municipality Leusden, in the Dutch province of Utrecht.

The hamlet is separated from the village of Leusden in the west by the Valleikanaal canal, and it borders the hamlet Snorrenhoef in the east. The name Asschat (1696) derives from af-schede, afscheiding: partition, indicating an old border.^[1]

The family Scholten van Aschat is named after the hamlet.

References

↑ Berkel en Samplonius: Het Plaatsnamenboek, Unieboek Houten, 1989, ISBN 90-269-4321-0 (in Dutch)

Populated places in the municipality of Leusden

Villages	Leusden Leusden-Zuid Achterveld Stoutenburg

Hamlets	Asschat Den Treek De Ruif Jannendorp Musschendorp Oud-Leusden Snorrenhoef

List of cities, towns and villages in Utrecht

Coordinates: 52°7′54″N 5°27′20″E / 52.13167°N 5.45556°E / 52.13167; 5.45556

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