Beekbergen
Beekbergen | |
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 The village's 15th-century church | |
 Interactive map outlining Beekbergen | |
  Beekbergen Location within Gelderland  Beekbergen Location within the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates:52°09′30″N5°58′00″E/ 52.15833°N 5.96667°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Municipality | Apeldoorn |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.17 km2(9.72 sq mi) |
| • Land | 25.17 km2(9.72 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.00 km2(0.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,955 |
| • Density | 200/km2(510/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Postcodes | 7360, 7361 |
| Area code | 055 |
Beekbergen(Dutch pronunciation:[ˈbeːɡbɛrɣə(n)];Low German:BekbargenorBeekbargen) is a village and former municipality in theDutchprovince ofGelderland.It is located in the municipality ofApeldoornon the edge of theVeluwe.The rural area on the southwestern side of the village is dominated by forests and the rural area on the northeastern side by agricultural land. A hamlet calledEngelandis situated inside the rural area that is part of Beekbergen, as well as several holiday villages, campsites and hotels. The village also houses a number of retirement homes and a homeless shelter, called "Het Hoogeland". Beekbergen had 4,546 residents on 1 January 2016, of which about three out of five people were living inside the urban area.
Beekbergen was a separate municipality until 1818, when it became a part of Apeldoorn.[3]
There is a Beekbergen railway station, situated about a kilometer outside of Beekbergen, in the village ofLieren.This station is home to a steam railway that runs fromDierentoApeldoornover a former passenger railway line,[4]operated by theVeluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij.The VSM engine sheds are located at 'Beekbergen'.
Watermills
[edit]Threeovershot watermillswere located along the Oude Beek, a stream, that were used to produce paper. Two of them were called Tullekensmolen – one of them was situated south of the stream and the other one north of it. Both mills burned down in 1872 when they were owned by a family called Dijkgraaf, but only the one on the south bank was rebuilt.[5]
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Station Beekbergen -
Exodus,World War IImonument
References
[edit]- ^ab"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020"[Key figures neighborhoods 2020].CBSStatLine(in Dutch). 13 November 2020.Retrieved2 January2021.
- ^"AHN Viewer".Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland(in Dutch). 24 July 2019.Retrieved2 January2021.
- ^Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra,Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten,KNAW, 2011.
- ^"Overzicht stations en haltes Dieren- Apeldoorn".
- ^"Molendatabase: Tullekensmolen (noord)"(in Dutch). 21 March 2015.Retrieved31 October2020.
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