Brummen () 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 village in the eastern

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. Brummen has a small railway station -

Brummen railway station Brummen is a railway station located in Brummen, Netherlands. The station was opened on 2 February 1865 and is located on the Arnhem–Zutphen railway. The station is currently operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (, , NS ) is the principal pa ...

on the line between

Zutphen Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river IJssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in the 11th centur ...

and

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 ...

. The village is situated about southwest of Zutphen, no farther than 1.5 km from the

IJssel The IJssel (; ) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the IJsselmeer (before the 1932 completion of the Afsluitdijk known as the Zuiderzee), a North Sea natural harbour. It more immediatel ...

river. About two kilometers west of the village, on the edge of the

Veluwe The Veluwe () is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km2; 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 ...

forest area, lies the Engelenburg resort, a castle-like house. It is in use as a hotel for

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

players and has a 9-hole golf-link.

Population centres

* Brummen *

Eerbeek Eerbeek is a town in the municipality of Brummen in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. Eerbeek was first mentioned in 1046 as ''Erbeke''. In the 18th century, Eerbeek became a centre of paper production. Due to its proximity to the Ve ...

(the largest village in the municipality) *

Empe Empe is a village in the municipality of Brummen in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. Empe is located on the Apeldoorn- Zutphen railway, 4 km west of Zutphen. The NS railway station Voorst-Empe was reopened on 10 December 2006. T ...

(which has a small railway station on the line

Apeldoorn Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. The municipality of Apeldoorn, including the villages of Beekbergen, Loenen (Apeldoorn), Loenen, Ugchelen and Hoenderloo ...

-Zutphen) * Hall - with an interesting chapel dating from the Middle Ages * Leuvenheim * Oeken * Tonden * Voorstonden

Gallery

File:Brummen, toren van de Oude of Sint-Pancratiuskerk RM11232 IMG 3828 2020-03-31 11.31.jpg, Brummen, churchtower (Oude or Sint-Pancratiuskerk) File:Hall, de Sint Ludgerkerk RM11251 IMG 3846 2020-03-31 12.10.jpg, Hall, church: Sint Ludgerkerk File:Eerbeek, straatzicht Stuijvenburchstraat foto1 2014-03-10 13.31.jpg, Eerbeek, view to the street: de Stuijvenburchstraat File:Voorstonden, Huis Voorstonden foto6 2015-04-05 13.42.jpg, Voorstonden, country house: Huis Voorstonden

Transportation

is served by 2 trains per hour serving places such as

Dieren Dieren () is a town in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in Rheden, Gelderland, between Zutphen and Arnhem, on the bank of the IJssel. Dieren was a separate municipality until 1818, when it became a part of Rheden. The Gazelle bicycle fa ...

and

Nijmegen Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Brummen is twinned with:

Notable people

Jan Elias Nicolaas Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Jan Elias Nicolaas, Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (12 August 1836 – 11 April 1914) was a Dutch politician. Schimmelpenninck van der Oye was a general of military engineering who, as a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party, became both a ...

(1836 in Brummen – 1914) a Dutch politician *

Cornelis Johannes van Doorn was a Dutch civil engineer and foreign advisor to Meiji period Japan. Biography Cornelis Johannes van Doorn was born on 5 January 1837 in Hall (Gelderland), Netherlands, the son of the Reverend PW van Doorn. Van Doorn studied at the Technical ...

(1837 in Hall – 1906) a Dutch civil engineer and foreign advisor to

Meiji period The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonizatio ...

Japan *

Jacob Emil van Hoogstraten Jacob Emil "Dick" van Hoogstraten (1898–1991) was a Dutch public servant in the Dutch East Indies from 1922 to 1949, functioning as Director of the Department of Economic Affairs from 1942 to 1949. He was one of the architects of economic rec ...

(1898 in Eerbeek – 1991) a Dutch public servant in the

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (; ), was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, declared independence on 17 Au ...

Dick Dolman Dirk "Dick" Dolman (2 July 1935 – 23 January 2019) was a Dutch politician. In 1970, he became a member of the House of Representatives as a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). From 17 July 1979 to 14 September 1989 he was the Speaker of the ...

(1935 in Empe – 2019) a Dutch politician

Sport

Geurt Schoonman Geurt Schoonman (17 December 1896 – 19 February 1971) was a Dutch sports shooter. He competed in the 50 m rifle event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially bran ...

(1896 in Brummen – 1971) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

Wiljon Vaandrager Willemien Jonetta "Wiljon" Vaandrager (born 27 August 1957 in Brummen, Gelderland) is a former international rower from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Eights at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, along ...

(born 1957 in Brummen) a former rower, bronze medallist at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

Stefan Groothuis Stefan Groothuis (born 23 November 1981) is a Dutch retired speed skater. He is the World Sprint Champion for 2012 and the gold medal winner in the 1000 metres at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Career Groothuis, a specialist in the middle distances ...

(born 1981 in Empe) a retired Dutch speed skater, gold medallist at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

Gallery

File:DSCF5011 Arnhemsestraat 26, Brummen.jpg, Arnhemsestraat, Brummen File:Apeldoorns kanaal ter hoogte van de Brummense brug - Brummen - 20359841 - RCE.jpg, Apeldoorns kanaal ter hoogte van de Brummense brug - Brummen File:Wonderfull cottage near Hall - panoramio.jpg, Cottage near Hall

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities of Gelderland Populated places in Gelderland {{gelderland-geo-stub