Renkum () 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 ...

and a town in the eastern

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

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. 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 city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...

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 t ...

''de Bok''. Nowadays there is still

paper industry The pulp and paper industry comprises companies that use wood as raw material and produce pulp, paper, paperboard and other cellulose-based products. Manufacturing process The pulp is fed to a paper machine where it is formed as a paper web a ...

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 Arnold (Nol) Hendriks (15 May 1937 – 21 October 2017) was a Dutch businessman and football executive. Business career Born in Renkum, he moved to Limburg with his parents when his father started working in the mines in Heerlen. He later worked i ...

(1937 in Renkum - 2017), businessman and football executive * Frank Versteegh (born 1954 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch aerobatics pilot * Derk Bolt (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 Neo-Nazism comprises the post– World War II militant, social, ...

(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 languages , Scandinavian male ...

(born 1972) international museum director, grew up in Renkum *

Marianne Thieme Marianne Louise Thieme (, born 6 March 1972) is a Dutch politician, author and animal rights activist. A jurist by education, she served as the Party for the Animals' political leader from 2002 to 2019 and a member of the House of Representatives ...

(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 beca ...

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

Sport

* Piet de Zwarte (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 ...

Marion Bultman Marion Alette Bultman (born 16 February 1960 in Oosterbeek) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Pusan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, ...

(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 Ronald Koeman (; born 21 March 1963) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is the younger brother of his former international teammate Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman. Koeman was capab ...

(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 (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 (born 1972 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch former footballer with 254 club caps * Kay van Dijk (born 1984 in Renkum) a Dutch volleyball player, competed in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Xan de Waard Xan de Waard (born 8 November 1995) is a Dutch field hockey player. De Waard has played 150 international matches for the Netherlands women's national field hockey team. She was a member of the Dutch team that won the 2014 Women's Hockey World C ...

(born 1995 in Renkum), field hockey player, silver medalist at the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

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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