Utrechtse Heuvelrug

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Utrechtse Heuvelrug municipality
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flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug
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province Utrecht Utrecht
mayor Frits Naafs ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality Doorn
Area
 - land
 - water 		134.10  km 2
132.18 km 2
1.92 km 2
CBS code 1581
Residents 49,563 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 370 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 3 '  N , 5 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 3 '  N , 5 ° 27'  E
Important traffic route A12 E35 N225 N226 N227
prefix 0343
Postcodes 3941, 3951, 3953, 3956, 3958, 3959, 3971, 3972
Website Homepage of Utrechtse Heuvelrug
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The resulting by merging the five former municipalities Amerongen, Doorn, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Leersum and Maarn on 1 January 2006 community takes its name from The Forest Utrecht Ridge (dt. Utrecht Hills ), whose southern half includes the community.

The community had 49,563 inhabitants (370 inhabitants / km²) on January 31, 2019. Their total area is 134.1 km². Mayor is Frits Naafs. The new council has 29 members.

places

The community consists of the formerly independent places:

  1. Driebergen-Rijsenburg (18,553 inhabitants)
  2. Doorn (9997 inhabitants)
  3. Leersum (7502 inhabitants)
  4. Amerongen (5516 inhabitants)
  5. Maarn (4618 inhabitants)
  6. Overberg (1379 inhabitants)
  7. Maarsbergen (1320 inhabitants)

The administration is based in Doorn.

Location and economy

Driebergen-Rijsenburg (also simply called Driebergen ) is located on the railway line and the Utrecht – Arnhem motorway . With the western neighboring village Zeist it shares the Driebergen-Zeist railway station . Maarn also has a train station on this rail link.

Driebergen lies on the edge of the forest and moraine area Utrechtse Heuvelrug . As in Zeist, there are many villas and country houses in Driebergen that are now used as educational centers, old people's homes, sanatoriums or as office buildings. Driebergen had an academy for social studies "De Horst" (until 2005), there are a few small factories, a conference center near the motorway and various hotels and pensions.

Doorn is 4 km southeast of Driebergen and 3.5 km south of Maarn on the Utrecht - Arnhem motorway. In the past, empires from the wide area had villas or country houses built here. These now mostly serve as a clinic (including the Bartiméus Institute for the Blind ), conference center, sanatorium or educational institution. In Doorn there is a correctional facility (school and boarding school) for young people under 18 years of age. The service sector is most important to the local economy.

Leersum and Amerongen , east of Doorn, are mainly oriented towards tourism .

history

To the south of the town center, Driebergen has some small pleasure palaces from the years 1400 to 1800. Rijsenburg was an independent municipality from 1818 to 1931, the core of which (with a church in a special style) is still recognizable. After 1931 the two villages grew together.

Leersum and Amerongen knew the cultivation of tobacco from around 1800 to 1960 , many stately houses of the tobacco farmers and many tobacco sheds remind of this. The tobacco was processed in factories in the eastern neighboring town of Veenendaal .

Attractions

House Doorn

An important sight of the community is the Doorn Castle (Huis Doorn), where the last German Emperor, Wilhelm II , lived in exile from 1920 until his death in 1941 . In the castle park there is a mausoleum with his coffin that he himself had commissioned. The castle is still furnished as it was on the day of the death of its last inhabitant, with only minor changes that make it suitable for a museum. Many of his valuables and mementos that he had brought from Germany are on display in the Doorn house.

Amerongen Castle

Amerongen Castle

Amerongen Castle was first mentioned in 1286, destroyed by French troops in 1673 and on behalf of Louis XIV . It was rebuilt in 1680. On November 28, 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated here and lived here until 1920. It later became the town hall and was open to the public until 2002. The castle is in a bad state of construction and is being restored with the help of donations. The castle is surrounded by gardens (including one with rare fruit trees) that are open in spring and summer.

Other sights

  • Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park
  • St. Andrew's Church in Amerongen from the 15th century, with original Bätz - Organ of 1763
  • The houses around St. Andrew's Church in Amerongen form a village center
  • The historic Sparrendaal outdoor square (1754) is located in Driebergen . The town hall was located there from 1964 to 2005.
  • The Henschoter Meer recreation area is located near Maarn .
  • The Amerongen lock and weir system in the Lek
  • The Donderberg hill with a tomb of a local gentleman built in 1818; the architect of the monument, Jan David Zocher , also designed the famous Vondelpark in Amsterdam
  • In Driebergen there is a park with heather and rose gardens and some parks by Jan David Zocher.
  • From Gimborn Arboretum , botanical garden in Doorn

Town twinning

In 2009, Doorn terminated the partnership with Hanau-Steinheim, which had existed since 1970 .

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Utrechtse Heuvelrug  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ^ Doorn announces the town twinning to Steinheim