Ugchelen is part of 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
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 ...
province of 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 ...
, and is today seen as a village.
Ugchelen is located South West of Apeldoorn and has about 7000 inhabitants. Like Apeldoorn, the old village thanked its growth to the
paper industry
The pulp and paper industry comprises companies that use wood, specifically pulpwood, as raw material and produce pulp, paper, paperboard, and other cellulose-based products.
Manufacturing process
In the manufacturing process, pulp is intro ...
, it had a total of 11
watermill
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 mill (grinding), milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in ...
s. In 1958 a 70-meter high transmission tower was built, the
Zendstation Ugchelen. In 2006 it received a new water mill called The Bouwhof Mill.
The most important hospital in the region, Gelre hospital, is located next to Ugchelen.
Notable people
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Robin Linschoten, politician (
VVD) (born 17 April 1956 in Ugchelen)
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Peter Bosz
Peter Sylvester Bosz (, born 21 November 1963) is a Dutch professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. He is currently the head coach of Dutch Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven.
He had previously ...
, manager with
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a French professional association football, football club based in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. With origins dating back to 1899, they were founded in 1950 and p ...
and ex-trainer of
AGOVV Apeldoorn
AGOVV () is a Dutch association football club based in Apeldoorn. It was established on 25 February 1913. The club played in professional football from 1954 to 1971 and from 2003 to 2013. AGOVV's men's first squad plays in 2024–25 in the Derde ...
and ex-professional soccer player with
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...
(born 21 November 1963 in Apeldoorn)
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Medy van der Laan, politician (
D66) (born 14 August 1968 in
Spijkenisse
Spijkenisse () is a large town in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. Following an administrative reform in 2015, it is part of the List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Nissewaard, and ha ...
)
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Jan Kromkamp, professional soccer player with
PSV (born 17 August 1980 in
Makkinga)
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Jaime Bruinier, professional soccer player with
AGOVV (born 28 June 1987 in Ugchelen)
Gallery
File:Kapel Caesarea.jpg, Caesarea chapel
File:Oude- of Altena Molen, Hoenderloseweg 145 - Ugchelen - 20211034 - RCE.jpg, Altena factory
File:Boskantoor 2013.jpg, Forest office
File:Leesterheide.jpg, Leesterheide
References
External links
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Official site(in Dutch)
{{Authority control
Populated places in Gelderland
Apeldoorn