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Zegwaart, Zoetermeer — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Zegwaart was a village east of Zoetermeer in South Holland, absorbed into the city and remembered in the Seghwaert district named for it.
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Where to stay in Zegwaart
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Seghwaert is where the name went. Zegwaart itself no longer runs as a separate village, and a stay on this side of Zoetermeer means ordinary residential streets, the Ichthuskerk and De Lichtzijde close by, and the city's own centre a short ride off. Hotels concentrate in Zoetermeer proper.
Travellers wanting the old village ground book there and come out to Seghwaert for the churches.
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Seghwaert
Seghwaert took its name from Zegwaart around 1978 and covers the eastern side of Zoetermeer, with the Ichthuskerk and De Lichtzijde among the buildings that mark the quarter out. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in Seghwaertthe room choice the old village side never hadZoetermeer centre
Zoetermeer's own centre carries the beds, and the run out to De Doortocht and the Seghwaert streets takes only minutes from there.Find hotels in Zoetermeer centreHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Zegwaart
What are the main landmarks in Zegwaart?
Three churches carry the modern names here. De Doortocht is the Roman Catholic one of the three, while the Ichthuskerk and De Lichtzijde stand among the streets that replaced the fields of the old Zegwaart village. Zoetermeer holds them all.
Beyond the three, what the neighbourhood carries forward is the name, given to the Seghwaert division of Zoetermeer around 1978.
What is the history of Zegwaart?
Zegwaart was a village in South Holland, sitting directly east of Zoetermeer, with its own name on the map long before the two grew together. Then the fields went. Zoetermeer expanded across them, and around 1978 a new division of the growing city was named Seghwaert after the village it had covered.
The spelling shifted with the naming, Zegwaart becoming Seghwaert, an older form kept for a quarter of houses and churches including De Doortocht and the Ichthuskerk. De Lichtzijde stands there too.
Where is Zegwaart?
Zegwaart lay directly east of Zoetermeer in South Holland, and its ground sits inside the city as the Seghwaert quarter.
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What is the best area to stay in Zegwaart?
Seghwaert: sleeping on the ground the old Zegwaart village once held. Zoetermeer centre: the room choice the old village side never had.
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Updated October 2026