Heveadorp is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

near

Doorwerth Doorwerth is a village in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Renkum, Gelderland, about 8 km west of Arnhem and about 100 km southeast of Amsterdam. History The valley of the Seelbeek has been in residential u ...

in the

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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 ...

, the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The village is situated in a valley surrounded by forest. The creek runs through the village. Heveadorp was founded in 1916 by

Dirk Frans Wilhelmi A dirk is a long bladed thrusting dagger.Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), ''Dagger'', The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. VII, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (1910), p. 729 Historically, it gained its name from the Highland Dirk (Scot ...

as a

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for the workers of his

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factory Heveafabriek. ''

Hevea ''Hevea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, with about ten members. It is also one of many names used commercially for the wood of the most economically important rubber tree, '' H. brasiliensis''. The genus is n ...

'' is the scientific name for the rubber plant. During the

German occupation of the Netherlands Despite Dutch neutrality, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 as part of Fall Gelb (Case Yellow). On 15 May 1940, one day after the bombing of Rotterdam, the Dutch forces surrendered. The Dutch government and the royal family re ...

the factory was used for war purposes. During

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, the factory and village were severely damaged. In 1962, Heave merged with

Apollo Vredestein Apollo Vredestein B.V. is a Netherlands-based tyre manufacturer. Since 2009, it is owned by Apollo Tyres Ltd of India. Apollo Vredestein has its head office in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and its production facility in Enschede. It designs, manufacture ...

and the factory was moved to

in 1975. The 400 villagers who remained, refused to leave the village. In 2009, it was officially recognised as a village.

Gallery

File:Heveadorp.JPG , Typical houses in Heveadorp file:Heveadorp-aangezicht.JPG, Typical houses in Heveadorp file:Heveadorp-rietenkamp.JPG, Typical houses in Heveadorp

References

Populated places in Gelderland Renkum {{Gelderland-geo-stub