Hotel de WereldHotel de Wereld (meaning Hotel The World) is a 4-star hotel in Wageningen. It was the site of the capitulation of the German troops in the Netherlands on 5 May 1945, marking the end of German occupation during World War II. Oberbefehlshaber Niederlande supreme commander Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz surrendered to I Canadian Corps commander Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes at the hotel.
VeluweThe Veluwe (Dutch pronunciation:) is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1,100 km; 420 sq. mi.) in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The Veluwe features many different landscapes, including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand drifts. The Veluwe is the largest push moraine complex in the Netherlands, stretching 60 km (37 mi) from north to south, and reaching heights of up to 110 metres (360 ft).
NederrijnThe Nederrijn (Dutch pronunciation:; "Lower Rhine"; distinct from the Lower Rhine or Niederrhein further upstream) is the Dutch part of the Rhine from the confluence at the town of Angeren of the cut-off Rhine bend of Oude Rijn (Gelderland) and the Pannerdens Kanaal (which was dug to form the new connection between the Waal and Nederrijn branches). The city of Arnhem lies on the right (north) bank of the Nederrijn, just past the point where the IJssel branches off.
Ede-Wageningen railway stationEde-Wageningen is a railway station located in Ede, Netherlands. It is situated on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway and the Nijkerk–Ede-Wageningen railway. The station is the main Intercity station, but is not in the centre of the town. The station also serves Wageningen, a city 8 km to the south of Ede. HistoryThe station opened on 16 May 1845 on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway as the Ede-Rhijnspoor station.
Municipalities of the NetherlandsSince 1 January 2023, there are 342 regular municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten [ɣəˈmeːntə(n)] ; sing. gemeente [xəˈmeːntə] ) and three special municipalities (Dutch: bijzondere gemeenten [biˈzɔndərə -]) in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean.
Wageningse BergThe Wageningse Berg (Dutch pronunciation:) is the southernmost part of the Veluwe, a range of hills that originated as a glacial moraine. It lies just north of the Nederrijn and to the east of the town of Wageningen and has an elevation of 42 m above mean sea level (NAP). It is also the name of a football stadium home to the football club FC Wageningen, defunct since 1992. Since 2024 the stadium is in use again as a football team training camp ground.
NetherlandsThe Netherlands, also informally known as Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces and three overseas special municipalities. European Netherlands has land borders with Germany to the east and with Belgium to the south, and a coastline to the north and west.
GelderlandGelderland ( GHEL-dər-lənd, Dutch: [ˈɣɛldərlɑnt] ), also known as Guelders ( GHEL-dərz) in English, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of 5,136 km2 (1,983 sq mi) of which 176 km2 (68 sq mi) is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by total area.
Lower RhineLower Rhine (German: Niederrhein, pronounced [ˈniːdɐˌʁaɪn] ; kilometres 660 to 1,033 of the Rhine) is the section of the Rhine between Bonn in Germany and the North Sea at Hook of Holland in the Netherlands, including the Nederrijn (English: Nether Rhine) within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta; alternatively, Lower Rhine may also refer to just the part upstream of Pannerdens Kop (km 660–865.5), excluding the Nederrijn.
Wageningen University & ResearchWageningen University & Research (also known as WUR) is an organization composed of a publictechnicalresearch university and a non-profit research institute located in Wageningen, Netherlands, specializing in life sciences with a focus on agriculture, technical and engineering subjects. It is a globally important center for life sciences and agricultural research. It is located in a region of the Netherlands known as the Food Valley.
Migration backgroundGerman-language identity and ancestry termAge structure by migration background in Germany in 2021In the Germanosphere, migration background (German: Migrationshintergrund) is a term used to describe people on the basis of identity and ancestry. Migration background is a variably defined socio-demographic characteristic that describes persons who or their close ancestors come from another country.
City rights in the Low CountriesCity rights are a feature of the medieval history of the Low Countries, and, more generally, the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. A liege lord, usually a count, duke or similar member of the high nobility, granted to a town or village he owned certain town privileges that places without city rights did not have.
HighwayA highway in the broadest sense of the term is any public or private road or other public way on land, including not just major roads but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United States, the term is used to describe major roads. It is sometimes used casually as a synonym of freeway, or expressway, denoting a controlled-access highway. According to Merriam-Webster, the use of the term predates the 12th century.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.