De Hoge Veluwe National Park

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De Hoge Veluwe National Park
De Hoge Veluwe National Park (Netherlands)
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Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  N , 5 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E
Location: Gelderland , Netherlands
Next city: Ede
Surface: approx. 5500 ha
Founding: 1935
Visitors: 496,634 (2012)
Address: Apeldoornseweg 250
NL-7351 TA Hoenderloo
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The National Park De Hoge Veluwe (short Hoge Veluwe ) is a natural park in the Netherlands , Gelderland . Typical for De Hoge Veluwe is an alternating distribution of forest and heather areas. In the north of the nature park there are also large sandy grasslands. In the west there is still a remnant of juniper. With over 500,000 visitors a year, De Hoge Veluwe is one of the most popular heathlands in Central Europe. The nature park does offer breeding areas for stonechats and goat milkers , but due to the large number of visitors, the habitat conditions are not very suitable for birds that are sensitive to disturbance.

Location, nature

The national park is located in the Veluwe forest northwest of Arnhem , between Ede and Apeldoorn . The park is easily accessible from these cities by car and bus. The park has a total area of ​​about 54.5 km². It consists of forest (mainly conifers), dunes and heather. Many of the protection of species of plants and animals standing live there, including red - and wild boar . The main entrance with the visitor center is at the village of Otterlo (municipality of Ede ). Under the visitor center is the Museonder , a museum for underground life that is also interesting for children. After paying the entrance fee, visitors can explore the park with 43 kilometers of cycle paths and 1,800 rental bicycles.

history

The park was created when the wealthy businessman A. Kröller and his wife Helene Müller of German descent bought the area as a hunting ground in 1909. It was fenced in, European mouflons and deer were released, and the architect H. P. Berlage designed the St. Hubertus hunting lodge for the Kröller-Müller family . Since Mrs. Kröller-Müller collected contemporary art as a hobby, the park had to correspond to a harmony between art and nature. When the couple ran into financial problems due to the economic crisis in 1935, the Dutch state bought their art collection. The park was opened to the public. From 1943 the Dutch garden architect Mien Ruys worked on the design of the park. In mid-April 2014, a forest fire, fueled by wind and drought, destroyed around 350 hectares of the national park.

Culture

The St. Hubertus Hunting Lodge, which looks like deer antlers from the air, can be visited to a limited extent, but only with a guide.

The important art collection of Helene Kröller-Müller is housed in the Kröller-Müller Museum , which is located in the northern part of the park. It houses works by Vincent van Gogh , Pablo Picasso , Piet Mondrian and other artists.

The museum's sculpture garden is well worth a visit , with works by Auguste Rodin , Henry Moore and other well-known sculptors from the period after 1900.

gallery

  • Sand drift “De Pollen” in the Hoge Veluwe National Park

  • Pond in the nature park

  • Red deer on a heather in the Hoge Veluwe

  • Panorama with fence

literature

  • Ingmar Gorissen: The great high moors and heathland in Central Europe , Ingmar Gorissen publishing house, Siegburg 1998, ISBN 3-00-003890-6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gorissen, p. 33
  2. ↑ Key figures of the national park
  3. ↑ Kölnische Rundschau: National Park De Hoge Veluwe evacuated , April 20, 2014.

Web links

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