Achterberg is a village in the
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
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Places
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People E ...
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 part of the municipality of
Rhenen
Rhenen () is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands.
The municipality also includes the villages of Achterberg, Remmerden, Elst and Laareind. The town lies at a geographically interesting location, namely on the southernmost pa ...
and it lies about 5 km west of
Wageningen
Wageningen () is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a population of in , of which many ...
.
The village was first mentioned in 1417 as Achterbergh, and means "(settlement) behind the hill". Achterberg developed as an ''
esdorp
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An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture or grassy place ...
'' on the northern flank of a hill near castle Ter Horst. The castle was built in 1160 and demolished in 1528.
In 1840, Achterberg was home to 1,043 people. In 1940, the village was the scene of heavy fighting during the
Battle of the Grebbeberg
The Battle of the Grebbeberg ( nl, Slag om de Grebbeberg) was a major engagement during the Battle of the Netherlands, which was a part of the World War II Operation ''Fall Gelb'' in 1940.
Background
In the 1930s, the Dutch government pursued ...
. The
grist mill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separat ...
Crescendo was built in 1886 and destroyed in 1945 during a battle.
Gallery
File:Stuivenes.jpg, Estate Stuivenes
File:HUA-201432-Gezicht op het kasteel ter Horst bij Rhenen.jpg, Former castle Ter Horst (16th century)
File:Achterberg Hervormde Kerk.jpg, Church of Achterberg
File:Achterberg Spoorbrug 509905.jpg, Railway bridge
References
Populated places in Utrecht (province)
Rhenen
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