Hoenderloo () is a Dutch village located south west of the city of

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 ...

. Most of the village is part of the municipality of Apeldoorn, but a small part belongs to the municipality of Ede, among which the hamlet Hoog Baarlo. The village is located in the Southern part 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 ...

and close to the

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Hoge Veluwe and the Deelerwoud. It is a very touristic village, with a large number of camping sites, recreation parks, restaurants, hotels and shops.

History

It was first mentioned in 1748 as "Hoender Lo Struycken", and means forest with

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. In 1813, the shephard Albert Brinkenberg becomes the first official resident. In 1840, there were 24

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s at the site. In 1841, during his travels the vicar Ottho Heldring stumbled upon the remote village and decided to invest in the village by building a well, a school in 1846 and a

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in 1858. In 1848, a predecessor of the current Hoenderloo Group, at that time an institution for underprivileged boys, was founded. The current incarnation of this institution is still referred to as “The Boys House”, although it is not only for boys any more. In the late-19th century, Hoenderloo became home to nobility and rich businesspeople who built their country estates. The area later developed into a recreational site for tourists. The inn "De Woeste Hoeve" is located to the east of Hoenderloo and was built in 1771 along the road from Apeldoorn to

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. In March 1945, there was attempted assassination of Hanns Albin Rauter, the highest

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of the Netherlands, at De Woeste Hoeve. As a reprisal 117 people from various prisons were executed near De Woeste Hoeve on 8 March 1945. In 1992, a monument was revealed at the spot with the list of their names except for one who is still unidentified. is a former residence of the Kröller-Müller couple ( and Helene) designed by

Hendrik Petrus Berlage Hendrik Petrus Berlage (; 21 February 185612 August 1934) was a Dutch architect and designer. He is considered one of the fathers of the architecture of the Amsterdam School. Life and work Hendrik Petrus Berlage, son of Nicolaas Willem Ber ...

which was completed in 1920. In 1935, the building was donated to the Dutch States. It is sometimes open for visitors.

Sports and recreation

The village is located along the European hiking route E11, locally known as the

Marskramerpad The E11 European long distance path or E11 path is one of the European long-distance paths, running 4700 km (about 2900 miles) west-east from The Hague in the Netherlands through Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia to Tallinn, Estonia. It star ...

or Handelsweg. The E11 runs all the way from

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to the east, at the present time all the way to the border between

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and

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. The town's

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club was s.v. Beatrix.

Notable residents

* Composer Jan Ingenhoven (1876-1951) died in Hoenderloo * A. den Doolaard, writer (born 7 February 1901, in

Zwolle Zwolle () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the Capital city, capital of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel ...

- died 26 June 1994 in Hoenderloo) * , politician Boerenpartij (born 22 July 1930, in Steenderen - died 23 October 2005, in Hoenderloo)

Gallery

File:Hoenderloo, andere kerk foto1 2010-05-31 15.11.JPG, Former church now used as an art studio File:Castle Hubertus after restauration at 28 April 2015 - panoramio.jpg, Castle Hubertus File:7352 Hoenderloo, Netherlands - panoramio (2).jpg, Trojan bull in Hoenderloo File:2 solitairy beech at Hoge Veluwe National Park in winter, out of a serie of these trees - panoramio.jpg, Two beeches in the park

References

External links

Hoenderloo.nl
{{Authority control Apeldoorn Ede, Netherlands Populated places in Gelderland