Utrechtse Heuvelrug Facts for Kids

This page is about the municipality. For the hill ridge, see Utrecht Hill Ridge. For the national park, see Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park.

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Utrechtse Heuvelrug

Municipality

Utrecht Hill Ridge

Flag	Coat of arms

Location in Utrecht

Established

1 January 2006

Government

• Body

Municipal council

Area

• Total

134.09 km² (51.77 sq mi)

• Land

132.24 km² (51.06 sq mi)

• Water

1.85 km² (0.71 sq mi)

Elevation

7 m (23 ft)

Population

(May 2014)

• Total

47,903

• Density

362/km² (940/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Postcode

3940–3941, 3950–3959, 3970–3972

Area code

0343

Utrechtse Heuvelrug (Dutch: [ˈytrɛxtsə ˈɦøːvəlrʏx]; English: "Utrecht Hill Ridge") is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It was formed on 1 January 2006 by merging the former municipalities of Amerongen, Doorn, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Leersum, and Maarn.

Name
Population centres
Transportation
Twin towns
Notable people
Gallery
See also

Name

The name of the municipality is derived from the Utrecht Hill Ridge, a ridge of sandhills that covers part of the province of Utrecht. All the former municipalities that merged into Utrechtse Heuvelrug are situated on the southern part of this ridge. In this southern part lies the Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park, that covers 6,000 ha (15,000 acres) and was established in 2003.

Population centres

The municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Amerongen, Darthuizen, Doorn, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Leersum, Maarn, Maarsbergen, Overberg.

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug, June 2015

Transportation

Railway stations: Driebergen-Zeist, Maarn

Twin towns

Victoria, Romania

Notable people

Portrait of Frederick of Nassau-Zuylestein, ca. 1675

Louis Beel, 1945

Public thinking & public service

Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein (1624–1672) illegitimate son of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange who gave him Castle Zuylestein in 1640
Godert de Ginkell, 1st Earl of Athlone (1644 in Amerongen – 1703) a Dutch general in the service of England
William Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford (1649 in Castle Zuylestein – 1708) a Dutch soldier and diplomat in the service of his cousin William III of England
Rogier Verbeek (1845 in Doorn – 1926) a Dutch geologist and natural scientist
Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859 – 1941 in Huis Doorn) the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, lived in Doorn 1919–1941
Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887–1947) married Wilhelm II (1859–1941) in Doorn
Louis Beel (1902 in Roermond – 1977) a Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1946/8 and 1958/1959
Ria Beckers (1938 in Driebergen – 2006) Dutch politician, co-founder of the GreenLeft party
Herman Wijffels (born 1942 in Turkeye) a retired Dutch politician and businessman.
Ben Verwaayen (born 1952 in Driebergen) Dutch businessman, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent 2008/13.
Aart Jan de Geus (born 1955 in Doorn) a retired Dutch politician and businessman
Dick Benschop (born 1957 in Driebergen) a retired Dutch politician and businessman
Olaf Stuger (born 1969 in Driebergen) a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament
Tjalling Halbertsma (born 1969 in Doorn) a lawyer and anthropologist

Gratia Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, 1930

Claudia Belderbos, 2009

The arts

Christian Mali (1832 in Darthuizen) – 1906) a German painter and art professor
Anton van Wouw (1862 in Driebergen - 1945) sculptor, the father of South African sculpture
Aldo van Eyck (1918 in Driebergen – 1999) an architect, protagonist of Structuralism.
Peter Bree (1949 in Driebergen) a Dutch oboist and radio presenter
Gijs Scholten van Aschat (born 1959 in Doorn) a Dutch actor
Job ter Burg (born 1972 in Maarn) a Dutch film editor
Nicky Romero (born 1989 in Amerongen) a Dutch musician, DJ, record producer and remixer

Sport

Jan de Beaufort (1880 in Doorn – 1946) a Dutch fencer, competed at three Olympic Games
Jops Reeman (1886 in Amerongen – 1959) a Dutch football player who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gratia Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1912 in Doorn – 2012) a Dutch alpine skier, competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934 in Maarsbergen – 1964) a Dutch nobleman and motorsport driver
Nienke Kingma (born 1982 in Driebergen) is a rower, silver medallist in the 2008 Summer Olympics and bronze medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Claudia Belderbos (born 1985 in Doorn) a Dutch rower who won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics