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Due to the increase of the military after the war, the number of military bases and garrisons was rapidly expanded, among others the nearby military base "De Wittenberg" in Garderen/Stroe (renamed Generaal Majoor Koot Kazerne in 1978), and a mobilization complex at the Garderbroekerweg in Voorthuizen. The influx of military personnel led to the expansion of the village in the early 1950s; one of these new neighborhoods that housed many servicemen -located according to rank,- soon was nicknamed "Klein Korea" ('Little Korea'). These new inhabitants, and others that followed, lead to a shift in the population, from traditional agricultural labourers to a broader oriented populace, making Voorthuizen one of the more progressive villages in the municipality.
Due to the increase of the military after the war, the number of military bases and garrisons was rapidly expanded, among others the nearby military base "De Wittenberg" in Garderen/Stroe (renamed Generaal Majoor Koot Kazerne in 1978), and a mobilization complex at the Garderbroekerweg in Voorthuizen. The influx of military personnel led to the expansion of the village in the early 1950s; one of these new neighborhoods that housed many servicemen -located according to rank,- soon was nicknamed "Klein Korea" ('Little Korea'). These new inhabitants, and others that followed, lead to a shift in the population, from traditional agricultural labourers to a broader oriented populace, making Voorthuizen one of the more progressive villages in the municipality.


== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Voorthuizen Bakkersweg 3-5.jpg|House in Voorthuizen
File:Overzicht van de achtergevel, gezien vanuit de tuin - Voorthuizen - 20388869 - RCE.jpg|House in Voorthuizen
File:Voorthuizen Gereformeerde kerk 1.jpg|Reformed church
File:Maasjesland-gevel.jpg|Farm in Voorhuizen
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
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{{Dutch municipality Barneveld}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]

Revision as of 14:09, 13 April 2022

Voorthuizen
Village
Sculpture: the Voorthuizer Bunckmansage
Sculpture: the Voorthuizer Bunckmansage
Flag of Voorthuizen
Voorthuizen is located in Gelderland
Voorthuizen
Voorthuizen
Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands
Voorthuizen is located in Netherlands
Voorthuizen
Voorthuizen
Voorthuizen (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 52°11′10″N 5°36′24″E / 52.18611°N 5.60667°E / 52.18611; 5.60667
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGelderland
MunicipalityBarneveld
Area
 • Total23.37 km2 (9.02 sq mi)
Elevation13 m (43 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total11,340
 • Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
3781[1]
Dialing code0342
Major roadsA1 N303 N344

Voorthuizen (Dutch Low Saxon: Voorthuzen) is a village in the municipality of Barneveld, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. Voorthuizen was founded, according to legend, near a crossing of a ford ('Voorde') of the Ganzenbeek, a brook that no longer exists, on the road from Amsterdam to Deventer. This road was called a "Hessenweg" ('Hessian road') because seasonal labourers from Westphalia would travel along this road into the Netherlands. Another important road that lead through this place was the trade route from Harderwijk to Wageningen. This made Voorthuizen an important stop along these two routes.

A new high road was commissioned and built by King Louis Bonaparte in 1809, which actually divided up the village. During the 20th century, traffic along this route through the centre of the village increased, and a new main road was built in 1972, south of the village.

Voorthuizen was a separate municipality between 1812 and 1818.[3]

Near the end of World War II, many buildings in the village were heavily damaged due to an engagement between Canadian and German troops on 16-17 April 1945. In 1999, the Seaforth Highlanders of Holland pipe and drum band was founded to commemorate the liberation of the village in 1945 by the Seaforth Highlanders of British Columbia.

Due to the increase of the military after the war, the number of military bases and garrisons was rapidly expanded, among others the nearby military base "De Wittenberg" in Garderen/Stroe (renamed Generaal Majoor Koot Kazerne in 1978), and a mobilization complex at the Garderbroekerweg in Voorthuizen. The influx of military personnel led to the expansion of the village in the early 1950s; one of these new neighborhoods that housed many servicemen -located according to rank,- soon was nicknamed "Klein Korea" ('Little Korea'). These new inhabitants, and others that followed, lead to a shift in the population, from traditional agricultural labourers to a broader oriented populace, making Voorthuizen one of the more progressive villages in the municipality.

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 3781AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.