Teuge is a village in the
Dutch
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* Dutch people ()
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People E ...
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 ...
, between
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
Deventer. It is part of the
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
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, ...
. Its population is around 800 people and it is best known for being the location of
Teuge International Airport.
The main access road is the N344. Since 2001,
Ecotribe Teuge is a
squatted
Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there ...
former barracks.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1333 or 1334 as "oppen Toghe". The etymology is unknown.
Teuge was home to 537 people in 1840. In 1935,
Teuge Airport was constructed. The airport was enlarged by the Germans during World War II and an assembly hall was constructed for
V-1 and
V-2 flying bombs. In 1960s flight schools started to use the airport.
In the 1950s, refugees from the
Republic of South Maluku
South Maluku, also South Moluccas, officially the Republic of South Maluku, was an unrecognised secessionist republic that claimed the islands of Ambon, Buru, and Seram, which make up the Indonesian province of Maluku.
Dutch conquest exer ...
were housed in barracks near the village. In 1958, a wooden chapel was built by the Moluccans, however it was demolished in 1980.
Gallery
File:WLM - mchangsp - Rehoboth kerk, Rijksstraatweg 219, teuge (5).jpg, Rehoboth Kerk Teuge
File:De levenstuinen van het Groot Hontschoten, Teuge, Netherlands - panoramio (6).jpg, Groot Hontschoten
File:De Zwaan, Teuge.jpg, Former restaurant De Zwaan
File:Teuge - panoramio (1).jpg, Sunset in Teuge
References
External links
Teuge Airport
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Populated places in Gelderland
Voorst