Hoog Soeren is a village in the municipality of

Apeldoorn Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is located about 60 km east of Utrecht, 60 km west of Enschede, 25 km north of Arnhem and 35 km south of Zwolle. The ...

, in the 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 ...

in 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 ...

. Since 1863, it is a

crown land Crown land (sometimes spelled crownland), also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown. It is the equivalent of an entailed estate and passes with the monarchy, being inseparable from it. ...

History

It was first mentioned in 814 or 815 as "portionem de silua in Suornom". The etymology is unclear. Hoog Soeren developed in the early Middle Ages as an ''

esdorp __NOTOC__ An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture or grassy place ...

''. In 1809, the Echoput, a deep water well, was dug. The luxury hotel and restaurant De Echoput is located near the well. In 1840, it was home to 191 people. In 1863, the land was added to the

which limited the development of the village.

William III of Orange William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the ...

intended to build his palace in Hoog-Soeren, but changed his mind and bought

Het Loo Palace Het Loo Palace ( nl, Paleis Het Loo , meaning "The Lea") is a palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, built by the House of Orange-Nassau. History The symmetrical Dutch Baroque building was designed by Jacob Roman and Johan van Swieten and was bui ...

, a 1684 palace in Apeldoorn. The Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1903, and redesigned in 1933. 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 ...

, the ammunition depot Hoog-Soeren was constructed. In late 1943, it measured and was one of the largest depots in north-western Europe. The Allied forces were unaware of its existence, and it was never bombed. On 17 April 1945, the depot was dismantled and partially blown up. From 1998 until 2020, the area was off-limits and the leftover ammunition was defused. The village is surrounded by the woods of the nature reserve .

Gallery

File:Pannenkoekenhuis Berg en Dal (6488536435).jpg, Pancake house File:De Echoput Apeldoorn 02.jpg, Hotel-restaurant De Echoput File:20160726 Paula in kamerjas1 Maite Duval Hoog Soeren.jpg, Statue of Paula in her robe by

Maïté Duval Marie-Thérèse Marguerite Jeanne (Maïté) Duval (Maïté Rijkhart de Voogd-Duval, Renazé, 26 March 1944 – Zutphen, 2 November 2019) was a French-born Dutch people, Dutch sculptress and drafter. Life and work Maïté Duval was born in R ...

File:Bosgebied Hoog Soeren, Hoog Soeren, Netherlands - panoramio.jpg, Hoog Soeren in winter

References

{{Authority control Apeldoorn Populated places in Gelderland