municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
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 and large
Protestant
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...
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 city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
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
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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 ...
Stroe Stroe may refer to:
Places
* Stroe, Gelderland, a village in the Netherlands
* Stroe, North Holland, a village in the Netherlands
* Stroe, a tributary of the river Nechit in Romania
Name
Romanian surname
* Aurel Stroe (1932–2008)
* Cor ...
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Terschuur
Terschuur is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Barneveld (municipality), Barneveld.
History
It was first mentioned around 1400 as "den teende ther schuren", and means "at the barn". ...
Zwartebroek
Zwartebroek is a village in the municipality of Barneveld (municipality), Barneveld in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Gelderland.Jan van Schaffelaar (ca.1445–1482) a cavalry officer in the duchy of
Guelders
The Duchy of Guelders ( nl, Gelre, french: Gueldre, german: Geldern) is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries.
Geography
The duchy was named after the town of Geldern (''Gelder'') in pr ...
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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 o ...
(ca.1520–ca.1594) a weaver, a Christian mystic and author
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Jan Everts Bout Jan Evertsz Bout (March 1601 or 1602, Barneveld, Gelderland – 1671 Gowanus), was an early and prominent Dutch settler in the 17th century colonial province of New Netherland.
In 1634 one of the first ''" bouweries"'', or homesteads, in the ...
(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 ...
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
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...
* Simeon Gottfried Albert Doorenbos (1891–1980) a Dutch horticulturist, Director of The Hague Parks Department 1927/1957
* Chris van Veen (1922–2009) a Dutch politician and trade association executive
* Hans Van de Bovenkamp (born 1938 in Garderen) a Dutch-born American sculptor
Sport
* Conny van Bentum (born 1965) a female former butterfly and freestyle swimmer, three time Olympic relay team medallist
* Alfred Schreuder (born 1972) a Dutch football manager and former player with over 350 club caps
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Johan Jansen
Johan Jansen (born 7 February 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays, as a goalkeeper, for Sparta Nijkerk in the Dutch Derde Divisie.
Career
Born in Terschuur, Jansen made his professional debut during the 2007-08 season for NAC Breda ...
(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.
It is one of seven football clubs from Veenendaal. GVVV's colors are blue-white.
GVVV plays its matches at Sportpark Panhuis. Since 2016, it plays in the Tw ...
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