Barneveld is a town in the Dutch province of
Gelderland
Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...
and also the administrative center of the
eponymous municipality.
Transport
Barneveld is served by
Connexxion
Connexxion is a large Public transport in the Netherlands, public transport company in the Netherlands, operating in the west, middle, east and southwest parts of the country. It is owned by Transdev and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten. It is a subs ...
at three train stations.
Barneveld Centrum is in the centre of Barneveld and the
Barneveld Noord railway station in the village of Harselaar, where there is a Park & Ride facility and
Barneveld Zuid railway station in the newly constructed area known as Veller
Barneveld is also connected by the
A1 and
A30 motorways, as well as provincial roads N301, N344, N800, N802, and N805.
Economy
Due to the central geographic location of the city and its close proximity to major transport routes Barneveld has become a foundry for innovative industry. Moba, the world's largest manufacturer of egg grading and packing machines.
Baan was a longtime leader in the
ERP market before it almost collapsed due to "creative" revenue manipulation. Bettink Service en Onderhoud, which is the biggest brand independent
wind turbine
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service company in the Netherlands. Eltomation, which has been involved in the development and worldwide supply of over 160 complete plants and projects for the production of Cement Bonded Boards. EeStairs, that created a DNA-inspired staircase and designed a space-saving stair solution that fits into a tiny 3-foot-by-3-foot space. Paperfoam, a company that is specialised in environmental friendly packaging with a very low
carbon footprint
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. Other locally well known companies are Vink, De Heus, founded in Barneveld, current HQ in
Ede, Netherlands
Ede () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the centre of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. Ede had 119,186 inhabitants.
Population centres
Community:
* Bennekom
* De Klomp
* Deelen
* Ede (town)
* E ...
and the Royal BDU Publishing.
Education
There are 3 secondary schools in Barneveld:
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* De Meerwaarde
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Notable residents
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Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn (1851–1922), astronomer
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Eduard Daniel van Oort
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Formed in 1989 in the city of Most, Eduard began in a rented cellar as a manufacturer of photoetched brass model components. Following the succ ...
(1876–1933), ornithologist
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Egbert Adriaan Kreiken
Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (1 November 1896, Barneveld, Gelderland – 16 August 1964) was a Dutch teacher and astronomer.
He was born at Barneveld in the Netherlands, to a family of teachers. After being awarded his Ph.D. in 1923, he would b ...
(1896–1964), teacher and astronomer
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Jaap Romijn (born 1943), custom furniture maker, illustrator
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Conny van Bentum
Cornelia "Conny" van Bentum (born 12 August 1965, in Barneveld) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands.
Swimming career
Van Bentum competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980 ...
(born 1965), freestyle swimmer
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Alfred Schreuder
Alfred Schreuder (; born 2 November 1972) is a Dutch football coach, currently as head coach of Ajax.
Club career
During his career, Schreuder played for RKC Waalwijk, NAC Breda, Feyenoord, FC Twente and Vitesse. After he had stopped playing ...
(born 1972), footballer and football coach
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Sander van de Streek (born 1993), footballer
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Gert Van Hoef (born 1994), international organist
See also
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De Hoeksteen, Barneveld (church)
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Barnevelder
The Barnevelder is a Dutch breed of domestic chicken. It resulted from cross-breeding between local Dutch chickens and various "Shanghai" birds imported from Asia to Europe in the later part of the nineteenth century; these may have been of Brah ...
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Barneveldse Krant
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Camp Barneveld
Camp Barneveld was an internment camp consisting of two buildings for Dutch Jews near the town of Barneveld, the Netherlands during the German occupation in World War II. Dutch civil servant Karel Frederiks had made an arrangement, later cal ...
References
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Barneveld (municipality)
Populated places in Gelderland