Harskamp 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 ...

in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Ede in the

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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

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. It was first mentioned in 1333 as Hoerscampe, and means "horse camp". In 1840, it was home to 268 people. In 1896, a shooting range was built in the village which turned in to the military base Harskamp. The Rehoboth Church was built in 1928.

Points of interest

File:Harskamp Monument Bevrijding.JPG, WW2 Liberation Monument (by Canadians), 1945 File:Harskamp Ned Herv Kerk.JPG, Another Church File:Harskampermolen Mariana.jpg, Windmill

References

Populated places in Gelderland Ede, Netherlands {{Gelderland-geo-stub