Driebergen is a former village and municipality 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 ...

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 first mentioned as Thriberghen in 1159. The former municipality of Driebergen existed until 1931, when it merged with

Rijsenburg Rijsenburg is a former village and municipality in the Dutch province of Utrecht. Presently, it is a part of the single town of Driebergen-Rijsenburg. The former municipality of Rijsenburg existed from 1818 to 1931, when it merged with Drieberge ...

, to create the new municipality of

Driebergen-Rijsenburg Driebergen-Rijsenburg is a town in the municipality Utrechtse Heuvelrug in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is the home of Michelin starred restaurant La Provence ''La Provence'' is a French language daily newspaper pu ...

.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. In later years, due to growth of the villages of Driebergen and Rijsenburg, the villages themselves also merged, to become the single town of Driebergen-Rijsenburg. Since 2006, Driebergen-Rijsenburg has been part of the new 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 Maa ...

Transport

Driebergen-Zeist railway station Driebergen-Zeist is a railway station located between Driebergen-Rijsenburg and Zeist, Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug. The station was opened on 17 June 1844 and is located on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway. ...

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