Driebergen is a former village and municipality in the
Dutch province of
Utrecht
Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...
. It is first mentioned as Thriberghen in 1159. The former municipality of Driebergen existed until 1931, when it merged with
Rijsenburg, to create the new municipality of
Driebergen-Rijsenburg.
[Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. ]
In later years, due to growth of the villages of Driebergen and Rijsenburg, the villages themselves also merged, to become the single town of Driebergen-Rijsenburg.
Since 2006, Driebergen-Rijsenburg has been part of the new municipality of
Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Utrechtse Heuvelrug (; ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. It was formed on 1 January 2006 by merging the former municipalities of Amerongen, Doorn, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Leersum, and Maarn.
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. Driebergen-Rijsenburg also houses the
Driebergen Forest and Rijsenburg Forest in which the ('heather garden') is also located.
Transport
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Driebergen-Zeist railway station
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Former populated places in the Netherlands
Populated places in Utrecht (province)
Former municipalities of Utrecht (province)
Utrechtse Heuvelrug
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