Renkum () is a

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 ...

and a town in the eastern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The municipality had a population of in and has a land area of . Renkum is situated along the river

Rhine The Rhine ; french: Rhin ; nl, Rijn ; wa, Rén ; li, Rien; rm, label=Sursilvan, Rein, rm, label=Sutsilvan and Surmiran, Ragn, rm, label=Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader and Puter, Rain; it, Reno ; gsw, Rhi(n), including in Alsatian dialect, Al ...

. The municipality Renkum is part of the ''Stadsregio'' (English: City region) Arnhem-Nijmegen. The surrounding of the municipality are mainly forest and river forelands. In the forest one can find

tumulus A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or '' kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones ...

of thousand years old. Findings from these tumulus can be seen in the Historic museum in

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It i ...

History

Renkum is more than a thousand years old. The thousand-year anniversary was celebrated in 1970. In the early days, the name was written as ''Redinchem''. In the 19th century Renkum developed itself. There existed six

paper mill A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt, ...

s, three water-cornmills and one water-oil mill. There were two factories, a treacle factory and a potato starch-flour factory. There was also a beer brewery and a

tavern A tavern is a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food such as different types of roast meats and cheese, and (mostly historically) where travelers would receive lodging. An inn is a tavern that h ...

''de Bok''. Nowadays there is still paper industry The company is ''Parenco B.V.'', acquired by H2 Equity Partners in 2012.

Population centres

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Renkum, June 2015.''

Notable people from Renkum

* Nol Hendriks (1937 in Renkum - 2017), businessman and football executive *

Frank Versteegh Frank Versteegh (born 19 September 1954) is a Dutch aerobatics pilot. He is also an airshow organiser, a flight safety committee member, a FAI judge and a freestyle aerobatics competitor. Versteegh was born in Oosterbeek, the Netherlands and ...

(born 1954 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch aerobatics pilot *

Derk Bolt Derk Bolt (born 24 May 1955) is a Dutch television presenter, editor and producer. He was born in Renkum (village), Renkum. After studying journalism (a program which he did not finish) in Utrecht, Bolt started his career at the late night actua ...

(born 1955 in Renkum) a Dutch TV presenter, editor and producer * Lans Bovenberg (born 1958 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch economist and academic *

Stephan Brenninkmeijer Stephan Brenninkmeijer (born 27 June 1964 in Doorwerth) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer. Life and career Brenninkmeijer was born and raised at Doorwerth Castle, Netherlands, where his father G.H. Brenninkmeijer was owner of ...

(born 1964 in Doorwerth), a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer * Eric Corton (born 1969 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch presenter, actor, author and DJ IMDb Database
retrieved 02 December 2019 *

Constant Kusters Constant Kusters (born 12 December 1970 in Oosterbeek) is a Dutch politician. He is chairman of the Dutch People's Union. This party has been mainly known for its Neo-Nazi conceptions. References External links * * "Constant Kusters his return ...

(born 1970 in Oosterbeek), politician *

Bjorn Stenvers Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

(born 1972) international museum director, grew up in Renkum * Marianne Thieme (born 1972) a Dutch politician, author and animal rights activist; grew up in Renkum *

Esmée Denters Esmée Denters (born 28 September 1988) is a Dutch singer and YouTube celebrity. Denters started promoting herself as a musician online in 2006, covering songs by artists including Justin Timberlake and Natasha Bedingfield. By mid-2008 she bec ...

(born 1988) a Dutch singer and YouTube celebrity; grew up in Oosterbeek

Sport

Piet de Zwarte Pieter ("Piet") Karel de Zwarte (born 16 February 1948 in Renkum) is a former Dutch water polo player, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal ...

(born 1948 in Renkum), water polo player, bronze medallist at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

* Marion Bultman (born 1960, in Oosterbeek) a Dutch sailor, competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

* Ronald Koeman (born 1963) ex-footballer with 535 club caps, current coach of the

Netherlands national football team The Netherlands national football team ( nl, Nederlands voetbalelftal or simply ''Het Nederlands elftal'') has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The men's national team is controlled by the Royal ...

, lived in Renkum *

Peter Hofstede Peter Hofstede (born January 28, 1967 in Oosterbeek, Gelderland) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut in the 1990-1991 season for De Graafschap. Later on he played for Roda JC, FC Utrecht, Helmond Sp ...

(born 1967 in Oosterbeek) a retired football striker with 370 club caps * Albertino Essers (born 1969 in Oosterbeek) a former Dutch professional darts player *

Rein Baart Rein Baart (born 13 April 1972 in Oosterbeek), is a Dutch former footballer. Career Netherlands Baart has extensive experience playing in the Eerste Divisie in the Netherlands, having played for TOP Oss, VVV-Venlo, SV Babberich, Fortuna Si ...

(born 1972 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch former footballer with 254 club caps *

Kay van Dijk Kay van Dijk (born 25 June 1984) is a Dutch volleyball player, a member of Netherlands men's national volleyball team in 2003-2013 and Persian club Peykan Tehran volleyball club, a participant of the Olympic Games Athens 2004, a silver medalist ...

(born 1984 in Renkum) a Dutch volleyball player, competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics * Xan de Waard (born 1995 in Renkum), field hockey player, silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Image gallery

File:Grunsfoort.jpg, Castle Grunsfort (1638) File:Onopaleis.jpg, Orange Nassau's Oord File:Oude kerk (PKN) Oosterbeek 2008.jpg, Oldest existing church of the Netherlands (Oosterbeek) File:2007-04-09 09.02 Oosterbeek, oorlogsmonument.JPG, War memorial in Oosterbeek

References

External links

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Official website
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