De Bilt

De Bilt municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	Utrecht
mayor	Sjoerd Potters ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality	Bilthoven and De Bilt
Area  - land  - water	67.13  km 2 66.95 km 2 0.18 km 2
CBS code	0310
Residents	42,866 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	639 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	52 ° 7 '  N , 5 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 7 '  N , 5 ° 11'  E
Important traffic route
prefix	030, 0346, 035
Postcodes	3730-3732
Website	Homepage of De Bilt

De Bilt ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Utrecht with 42,866 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019). The merged villages De Bilt and Bilthoven form the main town. On January 1, 2001, the villages of Maartensdijk, Westbroek, Hollandsche Rading and Groenekan were incorporated .

location

The municipality is located 5 kilometers east of the city of Utrecht . The Rijksweg 27 and Rijksweg 28 highways intersect to the southwest of the village . Bilthoven station is on the line from Utrecht to Amersfoort , and Hollandsche Rading station is on the line from Utrecht to Hilversum . The farming village of Maartensdijk with a picturesque town center is also located between the latter cities.

history

After the First World War, pacifists gathered here for the Bilthoven meetings .

economy

The main employers are:

• the KNMI ( Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologische Instituut ), the Dutch weather service
• the RIVM ( Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu ), an authority responsible for public health (including vaccinations and information campaigns) and a healthy living environment (including environmental protection).

The former Berg en Bosch hospital (1932–1962) is located in the municipality of De Bilt. As De Bilt is on the edge of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug forest , there is also some tourism.

De Bilt
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     67   5 0     48   6th 0     65   10 2     45   13 4th     62   18th 8th     72   20th 10     70   22nd 13     58   22nd 12     72   19th 10     77   14th 7th     81   9 3     77   6th 1 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: WMO

Personalities

Born here

• Christine Boot (1929–1992), Germanist, linguist and medical historian
• Werner Herbers (* 1940), oboist and conductor
• Karl Ihmels (* 1941), German politician ( SPD ) and lawyer
• Erik van der Wurff (1945–2014), composer, pianist, producer, conductor and arranger
• Veronica Hazelhoff (1947–2009), children's and youth author, born in Groenekan
• John Blankenstein (1949-2006), football referee
• Hans-Christoff Dees (* 1965), Hamburg SPD politician
• Ellen Hoog (* 1986 in Bilthoven), hockey player

Others

The American family Vanderbilt (van der Bilt) originally came from the municipality of De Bilt .

Town twinning

City partnerships exist with the German city of Coesfeld in North Rhine-Westphalia and the Polish municipality of Mieścisko .

Web links

Commons : De Bilt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• RIVM website (Dutch, English)
• Website of the Dutch weather service KNMI (Dutch, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)