Rheden () 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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Population centres

Population of the seven villages on 1 January 2013

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rheden, June 2015''

Transportation

* Railway stations: Dieren, Rheden, Velp

Notable residents

Public thinking and Public Service

* Lubbert Jan van Eck (1719 in Velp - 1765) the 31st

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* Theodoor Johan Arnold van Zijll de Jong (1836 in Velp - 1917) commander of the

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* Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga (1903 in Velp – 1962) a Dutch Nazi politician * Hans van den Broek (born 1936) a retired Dutch politician, member of the municipal council 1970 to 1974 *

Sammy van Tuyll van Serooskerken Samuel Ernest "Sammy", Baron van Tuyll van Serooskerken (born 10 October 1951 in Velp) is a Dutch politician and a member of the Dutch nobility. He was co-founder of the Liberal Democratic Party (''Liberaal Democratische Partij'', abbr. "LibDem ...

(born 1951 in Velp) a Dutch politician *

Tom Middendorp Thomas Antonius Middendorp (born 6 September 1960) is a retired general of the Royal Netherlands Army. He served as Chief of Defence of the Armed forces of the Netherlands from 28 June 2012 until 3 October 2017. He previously served as the Comm ...

(born 1960 in Rheden) a retired general of the

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Erik Proper Henderik Alex (Erik) Proper (born 22 May 1967) is a Dutch computer scientist, aFNRPEARL Laureate, and a senior research manager within the Computer Science (ITIS) department of the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST). He is als ...

(born 1967 in Rheden) a Dutch computer scientist *

Melanie Schultz van Haegen Melanie Henriëtte Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus (born 28 June 1970) is a retired Dutch politician and businesswoman. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), she served as Minister of Infrastructure and the Enviro ...

(born 1970 in Laag-Soeren) a retired Dutch politician and businesswoman * Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born 1970 in Dieren) the wife of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven Detail Louis Couperus - The Hague

The Arts

Mina Kruseman Wilhelmina Jacoba Pauline Rudolphine "Mina" Kruseman (25 September 1839 – 1922) was a 19th-century Dutch feminist, actrice and author who used to call herself Oristorio di Frama. Youth Mina Kruseman was born in Velp, Gelderland as the olde ...

(1839 in Velp – 1922) a 19th-century Dutch feminist, actress and author * Louis Couperus (1863 – 1923 in De Steeg) a Dutch novelist and poet * Baroness

Ella van Heemstra Baroness Ella van Heemstra, (12 June 190026 August 1984) was a Dutch-British aristocrat and the mother of actress Audrey Hepburn. After her marriage to Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, she became a British citizen. Biography Ella van Heemstra was ...

(1900 in Velp – 1984) a Dutch-British aristocrat and the mother of

Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as both a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen ...

Simon Carmiggelt Simon Carmiggelt (7 October 1913 – 30 November 1987) was a Dutch writer, journalist, and poet who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns and his television appearances. Biography Simon Johann ...

(1913–1987) author, who had a home in

De Steeg De Steeg is a Dutch village within the municipality of Rheden. Due to its central location within the municipality, it houses the town hall. Middachten Castle is located near the village. Several De Steeg buildings once belonged to the Middachten ...

* Teun Jacob (1927 in Rheden - 2009) a Dutch wall painter and sculptor *

Jan Siebelink Jan Geurt Siebelink (born 13 February 1938 in Velp, Gelderland) is a Dutch author. In 2005, he wrote the novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English w ...

(born 1938 in Velp) a Dutch author * Paula van der Oest (born 1965 in Laag-Soeren) a Dutch film director and screenwriter * Anouk van Dijk (born 1965 in Velp) a Dutch choreographer, dancer, artistic director and teacher * Maarten Demmink (born 1967 in Goudriaan), known as Demiak, a Dutch painter, photographer and sculptor * Jorrit van der Kooi (born 1972 in Rheden) a Dutch film and TV director and presenter IMDb Database
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Sport

* Jo Teunissen-Waalboer (1919 in Velp – 1991) a Dutch javelin thrower, competed at the

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* Henk Bosveld (1941 in Velp – 1998) a Dutch football midfielder, with over 500 club caps *

Karel Aalbers Karel Aalbers (born June 28, 1949, Velp) is a Dutch businessman, who was the President of the football club Vitesse Arnhem from 1984 until February 2000. Career Aalbers' goal was to bring Vitesse from the bottom of the second tier, where the c ...

(born 1949 in Velp) President of

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1984 to 2000 *

René Klaassen René Nico Hubertus Klaassen (born March 4, 1961 in Velp) is a former field hockey defender from the Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics: in Los Angeles (1984) and in Seoul (1988). He ended up in sixth place in California wit ...

(born 1961 in Velp) a former field hockey defender, participated in the

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

and

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 ...

* Erik Breukink (born 1964 in Rheden) a former professional road racing cyclist *

Edward Gal Edward Gal (born 4 March 1970 in Rheden) is a Dutch dressage rider. He and the stallion Totilas (nicknamed "Toto"), were triple gold medalists at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games, becoming the first horse-rider partn ...

(born 1970 in Rheden) a Dutch dressage rider, triple gold medalists at the

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* Ho-Pin Tung (born 1982 in Velp) a Chinese-Dutch auto-racing driver * Jhon van Beukering (born 1983 in Velp) an Indonesian naturalised retired pro. footballer with over 200 club caps

Miscellaneous

*The

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bicycle factory is situated in Dieren.

Gallery

File:Rheden, buitenplaats de Valkenberg RM529834 IMG 3803 2020-03-31 09.42.jpg, Rheden, country house: de Valkenberg Image:2009-06-25 19.37 Velp, de IJssel vanaf Velperpoortbrug foto3.JPG, Velp, river: de IJssel Image:Velp, Hoofdstraat - de Poort en de ABNAmro foto1 2012-04-16 14.29.JPG, Velp, view to a street (de Hoofdstraat) Image:Velp, monumentaal bedrijfspand Hoofdstraat 29 foto4 RM519421 2011-08-02 07.43.jpg, Velp, monumental office building at the Hoofdstraat File:Dieren, de Dierense Toren GM0275-122 IMG 3771 2020-03-27 16.33.jpg, Dieren, tower: de Dierense toren File:Dieren, Schweer bey der Beckehof RM519414 foto4 2014-03-10 12.44.jpg, Dieren, monumental house: Schweer bey der Beckehof File:De Steeg, Huize Rhederpark GM0275-52 IMG 3497 2020-03-22 16.33.jpg, De Steeg, villa: Huize Rhederpark Image:Spankeren, de Nederlands Hervormde kerk RM42134 IMG 0523 2022-03-06 11.26.jpg, Spankeren, reformed church File:Bicycle Ferry on the IJssel crossing Rheden to Lathum - panoramio.jpg, Bicycle Ferry on the IJssel crossing Rheden to Lathum - panoramio

References

External links

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Official website
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