Barneveld () is a

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 ...

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 center of the Netherlands. It is known for its

poultry industry Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farmed in great numbers. More than 60 billion ch ...

and large

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

community. The municipality had a population of in , out of which 33,800 (2018) lived in the

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

itself.Barneveld in Cijfers
/ref> Barneveld is estimated to be over 800 years old. This estimation is based on a text from 1174 in which a Wolfram van Barneveld is named.

Population centres

Barneveld (town) Barneveld is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland and also the administrative center of the eponymous municipality. Transport Barneveld is served by Connexxion at three train stations. Barneveld Centrum is in the centre of Barneveld and t ...

* De Glind * Garderen *

Kootwijk Kootwijk (West Low German: ''Kodek'') (population estimate: 280) is a small village in the municipality Barneveld, located in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. History It was first mentioned between 1333 and 1334 as ...

* Kootwijkerbroek * Stroe * Terschuur *

Voorthuizen Voorthuizen (Dutch Low Saxon: ''Voorthuzen'') is a village in the municipality of Barneveld, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. Voorthuizen was founded, according to legend, near a crossing of a ford ('Voorde') of the Ganzenbeek, a brook that ...

* Zwartebroek

Notable people

Jan van Schaffelaar Jan van Schaffelaar ( 1445 – 1482) was a cavalry officer in the duchy of Guelders (or Gelre), the Netherlands. Born in the region of Barneveld (town), Barneveld in the Veluwe Quarter about 1445, he was in the military service of David of Burgundy, ...

(ca.1445–1482) a cavalry officer in the duchy of Guelders *

Hendrik Jansen van Barrefelt Hendrik Jansen van Barrefelt (c. 1520 – c. 1594) was a weaver, a Christian mystic and the author of several spiritual works using the pseudonym Hiël. Life Hendrik Jansen van Barrefelt was born c. 1520 in Barneveld, Netherlands and died in or ...

(ca.1520–ca.1594) a weaver, a Christian mystic and author * Jan Everts Bout (1601/1602 – 1671) an early Dutch settler in the

New Netherland New Netherland ( nl, Nieuw Nederland; la, Novum Belgium or ) was a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that was located on the east coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva P ...

* Jacobus Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD (1851–1922) a Dutch astronomer *

Eduard Daniël van Oort Eduard Daniël van Oort (31 October 1876 in Barneveld, Gelderland – 21 September 1933 in Leiden) was a Dutch ornithologist. Oort was in charge of the bird collections at the Rijksmuseum of Natural History in Leiden; in 1915 he was made ...

(1876–1933) a Dutch ornithologist *

Simeon Gottfried Albert Doorenbos Simon Godfried Albert Doorenbos (7 October 1891, Barneveld – 1980) was a Dutch horticulturist best known for his work as Director of The Hague Parks Department from 1927 until his retirement in 1957, with a brief interruption during the Second ...

(1891–1980) a Dutch horticulturist, Director of The Hague Parks Department 1927/1957 *

Chris van Veen Christiaan "Chris" van Veen (19 December 1922 – 9 November 2009) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and trade association executive. Van Vee ...

(1922–2009) a Dutch politician and trade association executive *

Hans Van de Bovenkamp Hans Van de Bovenkamp (born 1938) is a Dutch-born American sculptor. Van de Bovenkamp was born in Garderen, Holland in 1938 and immigrated to the United States in 1958. He is best known for his large scale abstract work in bronze, stainless stee ...

(born 1938 in Garderen) a Dutch-born American sculptor

Sport

Conny van Bentum Cornelia "Conny" van Bentum (born 12 August 1965, in Barneveld) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. Swimming career Van Bentum competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980 ...

(born 1965) a female former butterfly and freestyle swimmer, three time Olympic relay team medallist *

Alfred Schreuder Alfred Schreuder (; born 2 November 1972) is a Dutch football coach, currently as head coach of Ajax. Club career During his career, Schreuder played for RKC Waalwijk, NAC Breda, Feyenoord, FC Twente and Vitesse. After he had stopped playing ...

(born 1972) a Dutch football manager and former player with over 350 club caps * Johan Jansen (born 1989) a Dutch professional football goalkeeper, 226 club caps with

GVVV Gelders Veenendaalse Voetbal Vereniging, better known as GVVV, is a Dutch football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a ma ...

Gallery

File:Barneveld at 6 December 2013 already in Christmas outfit, lovely - panoramio.jpg, Barneveld File:The new townhall Barneveld with its "golden egg" to represent its chicken history - panoramio.jpg, The new townhall Barneveld with its golden egg File:Aluform theater barneveld.jpg, Aluform theater, Barneveld File:Restaurant at Nature Park Schaffelaar Barneveld, with the mainbuilding tower at the background - panoramio.jpg, Restaurant at Nature Park Schaffelaar Barneveld

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* * {{Authority control Municipalities of Gelderland Populated places in Gelderland