Klarenbeek is a village in the eastern

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. The village belongs to two municipalities,

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 ...

and

Voorst Voorst () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Population centres * Appen (near a wood where nice walks can be taken) * Bussloo (with a recreation centre with a small lake and beach) * De Kar (near a motorway junction (A1, ...

, with the municipality border situated in the middle of the village. Klarenbeek is named after an estate situated next to the Klaarbeek. This estate was later also named Klarenbeek. Both Klaarbeek and Klarenbeek translate to "Clear Stream" in English. Klarenbeek has its own railway station, Klarenbeek railway station, 2 km northeast of the village on the railway line between Apeldoorn and

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. The station can be reached by Buurtbus service. This service connects with the station hourly, from 7am to 6pm. The railway station lies within the borders of the municipality of Voorst. The village is located along the European hiking route E11, locally known as the Marskramerpad or Handelsweg.

History

The village of Klarenbeek was founded in 1732 when a copper mill was established next to the Beekbergse Beek. In 1764, this copper mill was bought by the family of Krepel.
Ontstaangeschiedenis van Klarenbeek To increase the capacity of the mill, the Beekbergse Beek was enlarged and heightened, causing the water to fall down faster. Later, a water reservoir called "De Wiert" was added to this. The Wiert still exists, and when the winters are cold enough, it is a common location for

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. The Krepel family built homes for their employees, creating the first non-farm houses in Klarenbeek.

Gallery

File:Koetshuis Huize Klarenbeek.jpg, Carriage house of Huize Klarenbeek File:Grand Père, Grand Mère - Maïté Duval (Klarenbeek).jpg, Statue of granddad and grandma 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:Beekbergerwoud.jpg, Beekbergerwoud File:HUA-166827-Gezicht op het oude NS station Klarenbeek te Klarenbeek.jpg, Former railway station building (demolished)

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Gelderland Apeldoorn Voorst