Velp is a Dutch village located east of Arnhem within the
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' ...
of
Rheden, between
Arnhem
Arnhem ( ; ; Central Dutch dialects, Ernems: ''Èrnem'') is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border. It is the capita ...
,
Rozendaal, and the town of
Rheden.
Velp was a separate municipality from 1812 to 1818, when it was merged with Rheden. The municipality also included the village of Rozendaal.
Gallery
Velp, Onze Lieve Vrouw Visitatiekerk RM42147 IMG 3795 2020-03-31 09.09.jpg, Church: Onze Lieve Vrouw Visitatiekerk
Protestantse Kerk te Velp.jpg, New Church, built 1841
Velp, het Biljoen RM528737 IMG 3780 2020-03-27 17.09.jpg, Palace "het Biljoen"
Velp, monumentaal bedrijfspand Hoofdstraat 29 foto4 RM519421 2011-08-02 07.43.jpg, Monumental office building on the Hoofdstraat
Velp, Hoofdstraat - de Poort en de ABNAmro foto1 2012-04-16 14.29.JPG, Street view (de Hoofdstraat)
2009-06-25 19.37 Velp, de IJssel vanaf Velperpoortbrug foto3.JPG, River IJssel near Velp
Bij Velp, boom op het veld bij de Driesprong IMG 4752 2020-04-16 19.11.jpg, Veluwe near Velp, tree in the field at the Driesprong
Notable residents
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Jan Goossens, former American indoor soccer player.
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Ho-Pin Tung, auto-racing driver
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René Klaassen, former field hockey defender
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Mina Kruseman, 19th-century feminist and author
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Ella van Heemstra, aristocrat and mother of Audrey Hepburn
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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Kathleen Hepburn ( Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Holly ...
, 20th-century actress and humanitarian
References
External links
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Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Rheden
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