Memorial · Utrechtse Heuvelrug · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Schaepmanmonument is a memorial in Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht. This place has a story in the app. Within 110 m you'll find a water point and a bench.
Story · Schaepmanmonument
You're standing at the Schaepman Monument in Driebergen-Rijsenburg. First, look right up to the top. That's Saint George fighting the dragon. It's not there by chance. It refers to Herman Schaepman's motto: credo, pugno, which means I believe, I fight.
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The Schaepmanmonument is a memorial to Herman Schaepman, a priest, theologian and poet. He was the first priest to sit in the Tweede Kamer. The monument was designed by Pierre Cuypers, the architect of the Rijksmuseum and Centraal Station in Amsterdam. It is a rijksmonument. You will find the Schaepmanmonument in the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, in Driebergen-Rijsenburg in the province of Utrecht.
Herman Schaepman was born in Tubbergen in 1844 and died in Rome in 1903. The archbishop wanted to honour him with a tomb in Rome, a fund in Rome, and a monument on the grounds of the Rijsenburg seminary. A design competition was held for the monument. 27 designs were submitted, but the jury did not think any of them good enough. The archbishop therefore asked one of the jury members, Pierre Cuypers, to make a design himself. The monument was unveiled at midday on 13 July 1908 in the seminary park. The seminary later disappeared, but the monument remained. Since 1999, it has been listed as a national monument.
Drinking water is available 13 metres from the Schaepmanmonument in Utrechtse Heuvelrug, at Park Seminarie. This tap is wheelchair accessible and suitable for filling a bottle. It is the only drinking water point within 500 metres. There are also benches at the Schaepmanmonument in Utrechtse Heuvelrug. The nearest bench is 110 metres away, also at Park Seminarie, and there are 18 benches within 500 metres, so you can easily stop for a rest. There is no toilet at the Schaepmanmonument in Utrechtse Heuvelrug. According to our map, there is no public toilet within 1 km, so use the toilet before you set off.
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Pierre Cuypers, the architect of the Rijksmuseum and Amsterdam Centraal station, designed the Schaepman Monument. The archbishop asked him for a design after the jury of the competition found none of the 27 entries good enough.
The Schaepman Monument was unveiled on 13 July 1908 at 12 noon. It stands in the park of the former Rijsenburg seminary in Driebergen-Rijsenburg.
Yes, the nearest bench is 110 metres from the Schaepman Monument, at Park Seminarie. There are 18 benches within 500 metres.
Yes, there is a water tap 13 metres from the Schaepman Monument, at Park Seminarie. It is wheelchair accessible and suitable for filling a bottle.
No, according to our map there is no public toilet within 1 km of the Schaepman Monument.
The statue refers to the motto of Herman Schaepman: credo, pugno, meaning "to believe, to fight". Saint George fights the dragon at the top of the monument.
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