Austerlitz is a town of about 1550 inhabitants, and is located in the Dutch municipality of Zeist. It was named after the Battle of Austerlitz. Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht. ... Map of the battle from the 4th edition of Meyers Konversationslexikon. ...

The town was founded on August 17, 1806 on the location of a French army camp. It was given its name by King Louis Napoleon of Holland in honour of the victory of his brother, emperor Napoleon. August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Louis Bonaparte Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (September 2, 1778 - July 25, 1846) was the fifth surviving child and fourth surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino. ... The Kingdom of Holland 1806 - 1810 (Koninkrijk Holland in Dutch, Royaume dHollande in French) was set up by Napoleon Bonaparte as a puppet kingdom for his third brother, Louis Bonaparte, in order to better control the Netherlands. ... Napoleon I of France, by Jacques-Louis David Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution, and the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from 11 November 1799 to 18 May 1804, then as Emperor of the...

Close to the town, there is an artificial hill called the Pyramid of Austerlitz, actually part of the municipality Woudenberg. It was built in 1804 by the soldiers of general Auguste Marmont. It used to be a popular day out to climb the watch tower on top of the pyramid, but nowadays the tower is no longer open to the public, due to instability of the slopes. Woudenberg is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, Marshal of France Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, duke of Ragusa (July 20, 1774 - July 22, 1852), marshal of France, was born at Châtillon-sur-Seine. ...