Darthuizen is a hamlet in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

municipality of

Utrechtse Heuvelrug Utrechtse Heuvelrug (; en, "Utrecht Hill Ridge") is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It was formed on 1 January 2006 by merging the former municipalities of Amerongen, Doorn, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Leersum, and Maarn ...

. From 1818 to 1857, Darthuizen was a separate municipality. On 8 June 1857, it merged into the municipality of

Leersum Leersum is a town in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It lies about 7 km (4.3 mi) east of Doorn and 9 km (5.5 mi) west of Veenendaal. In 2001, the town of Leersum had 6013 inhabitants. The ...

. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1253 as Derthesen. The etymology is unclear. The postal authorities have placed it under

. Since 2013, it has place name signs. In 1840, it was home to 228 people. Nowadays, it consists of about 40 houses.

Gallery

File:Landscape-IMG 3514.JPG, Landscape near Darthuizen File:Dartheuvel - 1.jpg, Tea house at Dartheuvel File:Darthuizen Landhuis.jpg, Estate Darthuizerberg (demolished 1960) File:Chalet Darthuizerberg.jpg, Chalet Darthuizerberg (demolished 1900)

References

Former municipalities of Utrecht (province) Populated places in Utrecht (province) Utrechtse Heuvelrug {{Utrecht-geo-stub