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Dieren Coordinates: 52°3′0″N 6°5′55″E / 52.05°N 6.09861°E Country Netherlands Province Gelderland Municipality Rheden Population (1 January 2008) 14.842 Dieren is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Rheden, between Zutphen and Arnhem.
Dieren was a separate municipality until 1818, when it became a part of Rheden.[1]
Behind the station there is a steam railway that runs from Dieren to Apeldoorn via Beekbergen operated by the Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij.
The Gazelle bicycle factory is located in Dieren.
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History
King William III of England arrives at the Hof te Dieren in 1691
"Hof te Dieren" was the house of the Dutch Stadtholder Frederik Hendrik of Orange, William II, Prince of Orange, William III of Orange and William IV of Orange. They enlarged the house and held hunting parties in the nearby woods. A road was created from Dieren to Den Haag, which is called the "Koningsweg". The road can still be found in many places in the Netherlands, such as Otterlo. The house was shot to pieces by the Canadian liberators, who had the wrong information that German SS soldiers were located in the house. They were in fact located in the house "Avegoor", a few kilometers to the south-west.
Transportation
References
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.
External links
Coordinates: 52°03′N 6°08′E / 52.05°N 6.133°E
Categories:- Populated places in Gelderland
- Former municipalities of Gelderland
- Gelderland geography stubs
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