Voorthuizen
Voorthuizen | |
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Country | Netherlands |
Province | Gelderland |
Municipality | Barneveld |
Population (2004) | 10.090 |
Major roads | A1 N303 N344 |
Voorthuizen (Dutch Low Saxon: Voorthuzen) is a village in the municipality of Barneveld, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It currently is home to the Seaforth Highlanders of Holland pipe and drum band, a unit founded in 1999 to commemorate the liberation of the village in 1945 by the Seaforth Highlanders of British Columbia.
Voorthuizen was a separate municipality between 1812 and 1818. [1]
References
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
52°11′N 5°37′E / 52.183°N 5.617°E