Rheden
Rheden (
pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.
Rheden | |
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 Church in Rheden | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg.png.webp) Location in Gelderland | |
| Coordinates: 52°1′N 6°3′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Carol van Eert (PvdA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 84.35 km2 (32.57 sq mi) |
| • Land | 81.74 km2 (31.56 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.61 km2 (1.01 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (January 2019)[4] | |
| • Total | 43,640 |
| • Density | 534/km2 (1,380/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Rhedenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6880–6883, 6950–6957, 6990–6994 |
| Area code | 026, 0313 |
| Website | www |
Population centres
Population of the seven villages on 1 January 2013[5]
- Velp (17,723)
- Dieren (14,340)
- Rheden (7,614)
- De Steeg (1,122)
- Ellecom (1,104)
- Spankeren (958)
- Laag-Soeren (835)
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rheden, June 2015
Notable residents
Public thinking and Public Service
- Lubbert Jan van Eck (1719 in Velp - 1765) the 31st Governor of Ceylon
- Theodoor Johan Arnold van Zijll de Jong (1836 in Velp - 1917) commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
- Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga (1903 in Velp – 1962) a Dutch Nazi politician
- Hans van den Broek (born 1936) a retired Dutch politician, member of the municipal council 1970 to 1974
- Sammy van Tuyll van Serooskerken (born 1951 in Velp) a Dutch politician
- Tom Middendorp (born 1960 in Rheden) a retired general of the Royal Netherlands Army
- Erik Proper (born 1967 in Rheden) a Dutch computer scientist
- Melanie Schultz van Haegen (born 1970 in Laag-Soeren) a retired Dutch politician and businesswoman
- Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born 1970 in Dieren) the wife of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven
Louis Couperus
Anouk van Dijk, 2009
The Arts
- Mina Kruseman (1839 in Velp – 1922) a 19th-century Dutch feminist, actress and author
- Louis Couperus (1863 – 1923 in De Steeg) a Dutch novelist and poet
- Baroness Ella van Heemstra (1900 in Velp – 1984) a Dutch-British aristocrat and the mother of Audrey Hepburn[6]
- Simon Carmiggelt (1913–1987) author, who had a home in De Steeg
- Teun Jacob (1927 in Rheden - 2009) a Dutch wall painter and sculptor
- Jan Siebelink (born 1938 in Velp) a Dutch author
- Paula van der Oest (born 1965 in Laag-Soeren) a Dutch film director and screenwriter[7]
- Anouk van Dijk (born 1965 in Velp) a Dutch choreographer, dancer, artistic director and teacher
- Maarten Demmink (born 1967 in Goudriaan), known as Demiak, a Dutch painter, photographer and sculptor
- Jorrit van der Kooi (born 1972 in Rheden) a Dutch film and TV director and presenter[8]
Sport
- Jo Teunissen-Waalboer (1919 in Velp – 1991) a Dutch javelin thrower, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Henk Bosveld (1941 in Velp – 1998) a Dutch football midfielder, with over 500 club caps
- Karel Aalbers (born 1949 in Velp) President of Vitesse Arnhem 1984 to 2000
- René Klaassen (born 1961 in Velp) a former field hockey defender, participated in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics
- Erik Breukink (born 1964 in Rheden) a former professional road racing cyclist
- Edward Gal (born 1970 in Rheden) a Dutch dressage rider, triple gold medalists at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games
- Ho-Pin Tung (born 1982 in Velp) a Chinese-Dutch auto-racing driver
- Jhon van Beukering (born 1983 in Velp) an Indonesian naturalised retired pro. footballer with over 200 club caps
Miscellaneous
- The Gazelle bicycle factory is situated in Dieren.
Gallery
Rheden, country house: de Valkenberg
Velp, river: de IJssel
Velp, view to a street (de Hoofdstraat)
Velp, monumental office building at the Hoofdstraat
Dieren, tower: de Dierense toren
Dieren, monumental house: Schweer bey der Beckehof
De Steeg, villa: Huize Rhederpark
Spankeren, reformed church
Bicycle Ferry on the IJssel crossing Rheden to Lathum - panoramio
References
- "College burgemeester en wethouders" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Rheden. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- "Postcodetool for 6994AB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- Statistics on Rheden.nl Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- IMDb Database retrieved 10 October 2019
- IMDb Database retrieved 11 October 2019
- IMDb Database retrieved 11 October 2019
External links
Media related to Rheden at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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