Hoenderloo () is a Dutch village located south west of the city 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. Th ...
. Most of the village is part of the municipality of Apeldoorn, but a small part belongs to the municipality of
Ede
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, among which the hamlet .
The village is located in the Southern part of the
Veluwe
The Veluwe () is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km2) in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The Veluwe features many different landscapes, including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand drifts.
The Ve ...
and close to the
national park
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Hoge Veluwe and the
Deelerwoud. It is a very touristic village, with a large number of camping sites, recreation parks, restaurants, hotels and shops.
History
It was first mentioned in 1748 as "Hoender Lo Struycken", and means forest with
galliformes
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. In 1813, the shephard Albert Brinkenberg becomes the first official resident. In 1840, there were 24
sod house
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s at the site.
In 1841, during his travels the vicar
Ottho Heldring stumbled upon the remote village and decided to invest in the village by building a well, a school in 1846 and a
church
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in 1858.
In 1848, a predecessor of the current Hoenderloo Group, at that time an institution for underprivileged boys, was founded. The current incarnation of this institution is still referred to as “The Boys House”, although it is not only for boys any more.
In the late-19th century, Hoenderloo became home to nobility and rich businesspeople who built their country estates. The area later developed into a recreational site for tourists.
The inn "De Woeste Hoeve" is located to the east of Hoenderloo and was built in 1771 along the road from Apeldoorn to
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 ban ...
.
In March 1945, there was attempted assassination of
Hanns Albin Rauter, the highest
SS and Police Leader of the Netherlands, at De Woeste Hoeve. As a reprisal 117 people from various prisons were executed near De Woeste Hoeve on 8 March 1945. In 1992, a monument was revealed at the spot with the list of their names except for one who is still unidentified.
is a former residence of the Kröller-Müller couple ( and
Helene) designed by
Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Hendrik Petrus Berlage (21 February 1856 – 12 August 1934) was a Dutch architect. He is considered one of the fathers of the architecture of the Amsterdam School.
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Hendrik Petrus Berlage, son of Nicolaas Willem Berlage and An ...
which was completed in 1920. In 1935, the building was donated to the Dutch States. It is sometimes open for visitors.
Sports and recreation
The village is located along the European
hiking route E11, locally known as the
Marskramerpad or
Handelsweg. The E11 runs all the way from
The Hague
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to the east, at the present time all the way to the border between
Poland
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and
Lithuania
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. The town's
football
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club was s.v. Beatrix.
Notable residents
*
A. den Doolaard, writer (born 7 February 1901, in
Zwolle
Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is on ...
- died 26 June 1994 in Hoenderloo)
* , politician
Boerenpartij
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(born 22 July 1930, in
Steenderen
Steenderen is a former municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands. It has been part of the new municipality of Bronckhorst since 2005.
History
It was first mentioned in 1046 as Stenere, and means "stone buildings on a sandy ridge". ...
- died 23 October 2005, in Hoenderloo)
Gallery
File:Hoenderloo, andere kerk foto1 2010-05-31 15.11.JPG, Former church now used as an art studio
File:Castle Hubertus after restauration at 28 April 2015 - panoramio.jpg, Castle Hubertus
File:7352 Hoenderloo, Netherlands - panoramio (2).jpg, Trojan bull in Hoenderloo
File:2 solitairy beech at Hoge Veluwe National Park in winter, out of a serie of these trees - panoramio.jpg, Two beeches in the park
References
External links
Hoenderloo.nl
{{Authority control
Apeldoorn
Ede, Netherlands
Populated places in Gelderland