Doorwerth is a village in the eastern

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. It is located in the municipality of

Renkum Renkum () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of in and has a land area of . Renkum is situated along the river Rhine. The municipality Renkum is part of the ''Stadsregio'' (English: City reg ...

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 ...

, about 8 km west of

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both banks of ...

and about 100 km southeast of Amsterdam.

History

The valley of the Seelbeek has been in residential use since prehistoric times. The recorded history of Doorwerth started in the early middle ages when a small castle was built in the Seelbeek valley and later the current

Doorwerth Castle Doorwerth Castle ( nl, Kasteel Doorwerth) is a medieval castle situated on the river Rhine near the city of Arnhem, Netherlands. History The original castle, probably wooden, is first mentioned in 1260 when it was besieged and burned to the gr ...

was founded. The old village grew around the castle near the banks of the river

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. Most of the houses of the old village near the castle were damaged during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, all of them where abandoned and demolished after the war. The current cores of the village were developed from 1923 onwards, when the Van der Molenallee was constructed. Doorwerth was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1923. The grounds of this municipality extended from Heelsum, till

Oosterbeek Oosterbeek is a village in the eastern part of Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Renkum in the province of Gelderland, about west of Arnhem. The oldest part of Oosterbeek is the Benedendorp (Lower Village), on the northern bank o ...

until what is now known as

Wolfheze Wolfheze is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Renkum, 10 km northwest of the city of Arnhem.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. History Stone Age-Midd ...

. In 1923 it became a part of the Renkum municipality. Doorwerth Castle is located south of the village, on the

. Since 1999 the Dorenweerd College (former "Duno college") located in the vicinity of Doorwerth. It is an amalgamation of five schools in the municipality

Notable people from Doorwerth

* Stephan Brenninkmeijer (born 1964), film director and editor *

Marianne Thieme Marianne Louise Thieme (, born 6 March 1972) is a Dutch politician, author and animal rights activist. A jurist by education, she served as the Party for the Animals' political leader from 2002 to 2019 and a member of the House of Representatives ...

(born 1972), politician and vegetarian *

Afrodite Zegers Afrodite Zegers (Dutch pronunciation: æ-fɹəʊ-daɪ-ti, born 2 December 1991) as Afrodite Kyranakou) is a Greek born Dutch competitive sailor. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's 470 class, and at the 2020 ...

(born 1991), Olympic athlete

Gallery

File:6865 Doorwerth, Netherlands - panoramio (1).jpg, Villa in Doorwerth File:Wienerberger steenfabriek Doorwerth.jpg, Brickworks File:09lidldoorwerth.jpg, Apartment block with supermarket File:Brand new leaves at this Beechallee at Doorwerth at 2 May 2015 - panoramio.jpg, Path through the forest

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Renkum