Renswoude

Renswoude municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	Utrecht
mayor	Petra Doornenbal-van der Vlist ( CDA )
Seat of the municipality	Renswoude
Area  - land  - water	18.52  km 2 18.43 km 2 0.09 km 2
CBS code	0339
Residents	5,278 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	285 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	52 ° 4 ′  N , 5 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′  N , 5 ° 32 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0318
Postcodes	3927
Website	Homepage of Renswoude

Renswoude ( listen ^{? / I} ) is the smallest municipality in the Dutch province of Utrecht . It has no districts.

In elections, Renswoude is often the first municipality in the Netherlands to announce the voting result.

history

The municipality of Renswoude is located in the eastern part of the province of Utrecht. Renswoude was mentioned in a document as early as 855 as silva Hrenhem ("Rhenens Forest"), but the settlement itself did not emerge until around 1400. At that time Renswoude consisted of a fortified house, called Borgwal , and a few scattered farms. In 1654 Johan van Reede , the brother of Godart van Reede , built a castle near the former Borgwal and founded the village, which initially only consisted of the long Dorpsstraat ("Dorfstraße") with houses loosely arranged on both sides. In 1639 van Reede had a domed church built in the village.

In 1674 Renswoude became a so-called "Hooge en vrije heerlijkheid" , an area with its own independent jurisdiction. The municipality of Renswoude emerged from this in 1795. In 1849 the governor of the province of Utrecht sought a merger, but this did not materialize. In 1969 there were plans to merge Renswoude with Woudenberg and Scherpenzeel , which also failed. Even after that, there were repeatedly unsuccessful plans to withdraw Renswoude's status as an independent municipality.

location

Renswoude is located in the Gelderse Vallei, a valley in Gelderland that stretches from the Veluwe to the Utrechtse Heuvelrug and which was an almost uninhabitable wasteland with swampy moors and sand drifts until the year 1000. Even later, settlement in the very humid area was only possible on terps . In the 15th and 16th centuries, the area around Renswoude was mainly used for peat extraction. With the reinforcement of the Grebbe dike and the construction of the Slaper dike in the 17th century, the land became extensively arable.

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

• CDA , 4 seats
• SGP , 3 seats
• VVD , 3 seats
• Visie, 1 seat

Sons of the community

• Jan Hendrik Waszink (1908–1990), Latinist and professor
• Maarten van Garderen (* 1990), volleyball player

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)

Individual evidence

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