Hoog Soeren is a village in the municipality 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 ...

, in the province of

Gelderland Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...

in the

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 ...

. Since 1863, it is a

crown land Crown land, also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown. It is the equivalent of an entailed estate and passes with the monarchy, being inseparable from it. Today, in Commonwealth realm ...

History

It was first mentioned in 814 or 815 as "portionem de silua in Suornom". The etymology is unclear. Hoog Soeren developed in the early Middle Ages as an ''

esdorp __NOTOC__ An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''Anger (meadow), anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture ...

''. In 1809, the Echoput, a deep water well, was dug. The luxury hotel and restaurant De Echoput is located near the well. In 1840, it was home to 191 people. In 1863, the land was added to the

which limited the development of the village.

William III of Orange William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 167 ...

intended to build his palace in Hoog-Soeren, but changed his mind and bought

Het Loo Palace Paleis Het Loo ( , meaning "The wikt:lea#English, Lea") is a palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, built by the House of Orange-Nassau. History The symmetry, symmetrical Dutch Baroque architecture, Dutch Baroque building was designed by Jacob Roman ...

, a 1684 palace in Apeldoorn. The Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1903, and redesigned in 1933. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, the ammunition depot Hoog-Soeren was constructed. In late 1943, it measured and was one of the largest depots in north-western Europe. The Allied forces were unaware of its existence, and it was never bombed. On 17 April 1945, the depot was dismantled and partially blown up. From 1998 until 2020, the area was off-limits and the leftover ammunition was defused. The village is surrounded by the woods of the nature reserve .

Gallery

File:Pannenkoekenhuis Berg en Dal (6488536435).jpg, Pancake house File:De Echoput Apeldoorn 02.jpg, Hotel-restaurant De Echoput File:20160726 Paula in kamerjas1 Maite Duval Hoog Soeren.jpg, Statue of Paula in her robe by

Maïté Duval Marie-Thérèse Marguerite Jeanne (Maïté) Duval (26 March 1944 – 2 November 2019) was a French-born Dutch people, Dutch sculptor and drafter. Life and work Maïté Duval was born on 26 March 1944 in Maïté Rijkhart de Voogd-Duval, Ren ...

File:Bosgebied Hoog Soeren, Hoog Soeren, Netherlands - panoramio.jpg, Hoog Soeren in winter

References

{{Authority control Apeldoorn Populated places in Gelderland