Achterbos is a hamlet in the

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province of

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

. It is located in the municipality of

De Ronde Venen De Ronde Venen (; ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. On 1 January 2011, the municipality of Abcoude was amalgamated into De Ronde Venen. Population centres The municipality of De Ronde Venen consists of the villag ...

, directly north of

Vinkeveen Vinkeveen is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Ronde Venen, and lies about 18 km south of Amsterdam. Vinkeveen used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Waverveen in 1841, to form t ...

. It was first mentioned in 1575 as Den afterbos, and means forest which is located backwards (far away). Achterbos is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under

. Until the 19th century, it was a hard to reach peninsula in the moorland. In 1880, the area around Achterbos was poldered. Achterbos nowadays consists of about 120 houses.

Gallery

File:Vinkeveen, Herenweg 205-209, voormalige boerderij -img2204.jpg, Former farm File:Vinkeveen, Herenweg 201, NH kerk noordwest - img5442.jpg, Protestant church File:Vinkeveen, Baambrugse Zuwe, wagenmakerij - img 5428.jpg, Former wheelwright at Achterbos

References

Populated places in Utrecht (province) De Ronde Venen {{Utrecht-geo-stub