Renkum

Renkum community

flag	coat of arms
province	Gelderland
mayor	Agnes Schaap ( PvdA )
Seat of the municipality	Oosterbeek
Area  - land  - water	47.23  km 2 45.95 km 2 1.28 km 2
CBS code	0274
Residents	31,308 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	663 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 58 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	026, 0317
Postcodes	6861-6862, 6865-6866, 6869, 6871, 6874
Website	Homepage of Renkum
Street in Renkum

Renkum ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a Dutch municipality in the province of Gelderland and had 31,308 inhabitants on January 31, 2019, according to the CBS .

Places in the municipality of Renkum

The number of inhabitants between brackets (as of January 1, 2018).

• Oosterbeek , on the eastern edge of the municipality, a suburb of Arnhem , seat of the municipal administration (11,386);
• Renkum (9.174), on the western edge of the municipality, in the direction of Wageningen;
• Heelsum (3,391), meanwhile grown together with Renkum;
• Doorwerth (4,935);
• Wolfheze , in the extreme northwest of the parish (1,741);
• Heveadorp (717).

Location and economy

The municipality is located in the south of the Veluwe forest area , directly west of Arnhem . The Rhine forms the southern border of the municipality. The Arnhem - Utrecht railway line runs through Oosterbeek and Wolfheze . Both villages have a small train station where a train stops once an hour. A trolleybus runs between Oosterbeek and Arnhem . The A50 Arnhem - 's-Hertogenbosch and the A12 Arnhem - Utrecht intersect at Grijsoord, near Wolfheze. An exit of the A50 is between Renkum and Doorwerth. Oosterbeek has a small marina on the Rhine.

The most important economic factor is tourism (nature; commemoration of the Second World War ). But there are also some important factories ( tire factory Vredestein in Renkum; paper and brick factories ). In Wolfheze there is one of the largest institutions in the Netherlands for the mentally ill; the whole village is economically dependent on it.

The beautiful location has attracted many wealthy Arnhemmers to the municipality of Renkum for more than a hundred years. The less well-off also live here and commute to work in Arnhem or Wageningen every day .

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018  % 20th 10 0 18.9 18.1 16.1 15.1 12.1 10.8 9.0 n. k. GL GB D66 VVD PRD CDA PvdA RZS Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p    8th    6th    4th    2    0   -2   -4   -6   -8th +7.3 +3.6 -5.7 -0.4 +5.0 -1.7 -1.6 -6.4 GL GB D66 VVD PRD CDA PvdA RZS

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 2006:

Political party	Seats
	2006	2010	2014	2018
GroenLinks	4th	4th	3	4th
Gemeente concerns	2	2	3	4th
D66	1	4th	5	4th
VVD	5	5	4th	4th
Partij Renkumse Dorpen	-	-	1	3
CDA	5	4th	3	2
PvdA	6th	4th	3	2
Renkum Zelfstandig en Sociaal	-	-	1	- a
total	23	23	23	23

^a The Renkum Zelfstandig en Sociaal party merged into the Renkumse Dorpen party in 2018.

mayor

Agnes Schaap ( PvdA ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since May 12, 2017 . Her colleagues include the alderman Joa Maouche ( GroenLinks ), Jasper Verstand ( D66 ), Leonie Rolink ( VVD ), Marinka Mulder (PvdA) and the municipal secretary Jeroen Steverink.

history

Many tribes lived on the southern edge of the Veluwe, on the Rhine, even in prehistory. Wolfheze and Oosterbeek were also settled at the time of Charlemagne . Renkum was first mentioned in a document in 970. Doorwerth Castle was built around 1280 on the site of a building that was destroyed around 1260. It was on an island in the Rhine, and the owner collected a toll from the captains of passing ships.

Around 1392 the very important, now defunct Mariënwaard monastery was founded in Oosterbeek. During the Eighty Years War , Wolfheze was destroyed by the Spanish; a new village was not created until 1846 when a station on the Arnhem – Ede railway was built for forestry . In 1906 a large Christian psychiatric clinic was added. Paper- making flourished here in the 17th and 18th centuries as there were clear, clean streams and water mills. In 1916 the rubber factory Hevea, now part of the Vredestein works, had the village of Heveadorp built especially for its workforce. Many of the old houses with their thatched roofs are still standing; they were restored after a period of decay around 1980.

The most decisive epoch in Renkum's history, however, was the Second World War, and in particular Operation Market Garden or “Battle of Arnhem”. On September 17, 1944, Allied paratroopers landed on the Renkumer Heide and north of Wolfheze and advanced to Oosterbeek, where their leader, General Urquhart , took the Hartenstein manor as their headquarters . The bloody battle that ended with the Germans recapturing the bridgehead led to the almost complete destruction of Oosterbeek. The other places in the community also suffered severe war damage. The discovery of explosive devices from the Second World War can still be expected during construction and road works.

After 1945 a rapid restoration and a successful reconstruction began. The promotion of industry and tourism brought a lot of economic growth.

In 1954, Oosterbeek was the first venue for a Bilderberg conference .

Attractions

• The Airborne Museum Hartenstein in Haus Hartenstein, Oosterbeek;
• The Doorwerth Castle , with Hunt Museum ,
• The Belvedere Westerbouwing on the Rhine, a tourist destination west of Oosterbeek since around 1860, with a restaurant and children's playground;
• Catholic pilgrimage church of the Assumption of Mary ( Jos Cuypers 1923) with Gothic image of the Virgin Mary and meditation park (2012)
• The forests of the southern Veluwe, with u. a. the view from Duno Hill at Heveadorp;

photos

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  Oosterbeek, church

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  Doorwerth, lock: kasteel Doorwerth

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  Wolfheze, train station

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  Oosterbeek, war memorial

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  Heelsum, war memorial

Events

• Annual Airborne March (Airborne-Wandeltocht), at the beginning of September there is a one-day walk around Oosterbeek, which is dedicated to the memory of the Allied paratroopers who landed there (Airborne) and is today the largest one-day march in the world;
• Other Operation Market Garden Commemoration ; Until 2005, survivors of this battle landed there again by parachute on September 17th every year in order to then take part in the military parade.

Town twinning

• Dębno , Poland

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Sara Hendriks (1846–1925), painter and draftsman born in Renkum
• Jette van der Meij (* 1954), actress born in Oosterbeek
• Lans Bovenberg (* 1958), Oosterbeek born economist and university lecturer
• Isabel van Boetzelaer (* 1961), ballet dancer, teacher and author, born in Oosterbeek
• Iris Hesseling (* 1987), actress born in Oosterbeek

People related to Renkum

• Christianus Petrus Eliza Robidé van der Aa (1791–1851), lawyer, writer and poet who died in Oosterbeek
• Cornelis Willem Opzoomer (1821–1892), lawyer, philosopher, literary scholar and logician who died in Oosterbeek
• Jos Cuypers (1861–1949), architect and entrepreneur, planned the Marienkirche in Renkum
• Simon Moulijn (1866–1948), painter, draftsman and graphic artist, had a studio in Renkum
• Evert Dirk Baumann (1883–1966), doctor and medical historian, practiced and died in Oosterbeek
• Henricus Jacobus Charles Tendeloo (1896–1984), chemist who died in Renkum
• Milad Intezar (* 1992), soccer player, started at CVV Renkum

Web links

Commons : Renkum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Website of the Airborne March Oosterbeek (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
2. ↑ Aantal inwoners op 1 januari 2018 (PDF, 65 kB) Gemeente Renkum, accessed on July 21, 2018 (Dutch)
3. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on July 21, 2018 (Dutch)
4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on July 21, 2018 (Dutch)
5. ↑ Agnes Schaap volgt Gebben op as burgemeester van Renkum. In: de Gelderlander . Wegener, February 9, 2017, accessed July 21, 2018 (Dutch). 
6. ↑ Burgemeester en wethouders Gemeente Renkum, accessed on July 21, 2018 (Dutch)