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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. Na ...
. Driebergen-Rijsenburg also houses the Driebergen Forest and Rijsenburg Forest in which the ('heather garden') is also located.


Transport

* Driebergen-Zeist railway station


References


External links

* Former populated places in the Netherlands Populated places in Utrecht (province) Former municipalities of Utrecht (province) Utrechtse Heuvelrug {{Utrecht-geo-stub