Eerbeek is a town in the municipality of

Brummen Brummen () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands. Brummen has a small railway station - Brummen railway station on the line between Zutphen and Arnhem. The village is situated about sout ...

in the province of

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in the

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. 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

Veluwezoom National Park Veluwezoom National Park is a List of national parks of the Netherlands, national park in the Netherlands located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Gelderland. It is the oldest national park in the Netherlands. It has a surface area ...

, Eerbeek is popular with tourists.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1046 as Erbeke. It is named after a stream, however the etymology is unclear. Eerbeek developed near the

spring Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy * Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water * Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a he ...

of the Eerdbeek. In the 18th century it became a centre of paper production.

Coldenhove Castle Coldenhove Castle () was a castle in Eerbeek, the Netherlands. Due to its excellent location in the Veluwe, the castle used as hunting lodge by the dukes of Guelders and the princes of Orange. Nothing remains anymore of the castle or its gard ...

(Dutch: Kasteel Coldenhove) was a castle used as hunting lodge by the dukes of Guelders and the princes of Orange. Nothing remains anymore of the castle. Huis te Eerbeek is a ''

havezate A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...

'' (manor house) from the 14th century. It was rebuilt in neoclassic style in 1872, however one wing of its medieval predecessor has remained. It is surrounded by a large park, and is nowadays used as hotel and a conference centre. The

water mill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production ...

Oliemolen was built around and used to function both as an

oil mill An oil mill is a grinding mill designed to crush or bruise oil-bearing seeds, such as linseed or peanuts, or other oil-rich vegetable material, such as olives or the fruit of the oil palm, which can then be pressed to extract vegetable oils, whi ...

and a

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...

. A water mill was first referenced at the site in 1395. It remained in service until 1917. In 1967, the building was restored, however the grist mill part was modified into a restaurant. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1930 and is a replacement of its 1857 predecessor. The tower which was built between 1858 and 1859 has remained and is detached from the church. Eerbeek was home to 747 people in 1840. In 1887, a railway station was built on the

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railway line. It remained in service until 1950. In 1975, it reopened as part of a museum line operated by the

Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij () (VSM) is a Dutch heritage railway between Apeldoorn and Dieren. It passes through the villages of Lieren/Beekbergen, Loenen, and Eerbeek. Rides on steam trains are popular with tourists visiting the region, and ...

People from Eerbeek

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 ...

, Director of the Department of Economic Affairs in colonial Indonesia *

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 cl ...

, former chairman of football club

Vitesse Arnhem SBV Vitesse Arnhem (''Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse Arnhem, Eng: Professional Football Foundation Vitesse Arnhem''), widely known as Vitesse () or internationally known as Vitesse Arnhem, is a Dutch professional association football, footba ...

Daan Huiskamp Daan Huiskamp (; born 10 November 1985) is a Dutch former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Career Huiskamp started playing football for several youth clubs, first Eerbe ...

, football player * Jan Mankes, painter *

Willem de Mérode Willem de Mérode (September 2, 1887 in Spijk (Groningen), Spijk – May 22, 1939 in Brummen, Eerbeek) was the pseudonym of the Dutch poet, Willem Eduard Keuning. Biography Willem Eduard Keuning was born in the Netherlands on 2 September 1 ...

, poet *

Edward Sturing Edward Jeroen Sturing (born 13 June 1963) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Vitesse. Sturing played as a defender and earned three caps for the Netherlands national team. Career St ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player and coach *

Max Carl Wilhelm Weber Max Carl Wilhelm Weber van Bosse or Max Wilhelm Carl Weber (5 December 1852 – 7 February 1937) was a German- Dutch zoologist and biogeographer. Weber studied at the University of Bonn, then at the Humboldt University in Berlin with the z ...

, zoologist *

Robert de Haan Robert de Haan (born 22 June 2006) is a Dutch racing driver currently competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland and Porsche Supercup, Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup with Lechner Racing and Team 75 Bernhard. He made his racing debut in the 2021 ...

, racing driver

Gallery

File:'t Huis te Eerbeek (34338421916).jpg, Huis te Eerbeek File:VSM 094 055-1 VI.JPG, Train arriving in Eerbeek (1975) File:Coldenhovensebrug.jpg, Draw bridge File:Eerbeek - Oliemolen.jpg, The water mill of Eerbeek

References

External links

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Eerbeek's Info site
{{Authority control Populated places in Gelderland Brummen