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Hoenderloo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦundərloː]) is a Dutch village located south west of the city of Apeldoorn. Most of the village is part of the municipality of Apeldoorn, but a small part belongs to the municipality of Ede , among which the hamlet Hoog Baarlo .
De Hoge Veluwe National Park (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈɦoːɣə ˈveːlyʋə]; "The High Veluwe") is a Dutch national park in the province of Gelderland near the cities of Ede, Wageningen, Arnhem and Apeldoorn. It is approximately 55 km 2 (14,000 acres; 21 sq mi) in area, consisting of heathlands, sand dunes, and woodlands.
The Veluwe is the largest push moraine complex in the Netherlands, stretching 60 km (40 miles) from north to south, and reaching heights of up to 110 metres (360'). The Veluwe was formed by the Saalian glacial during the Pleistocene epoch, some 200,000 years ago. Glaciers some 200 metres (600') thick pushed the sand deposits in the Rhine and ...
German soldiers were encircled on the De Hoge Veluwe National Park and unexpectedly attacked the already liberated Dutch village Otterlo, leading to fierce fighting in hand-to-hand combat. It resulted in an Allied victory, thanks to the deployment of flamethrower tanks , and considerable German losses.
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Hoenderloo; De Hoge Veluwe National Park; L. List of Jews deported from Wageningen (1942–43) Lunteren; O. Otterlo This page was last edited on 11 September 2024, at ...
Otterlo is a village in the municipality of Ede of province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, in or near the Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe.. The Kröller-Müller Museum, named after Helene Kröller-Müller, is situated nearby and has the world's second largest collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings.
Christiaan de Wet monument, Hoge Veluwe, the Netherlands. De Wet distinguished himself in the Second Boer War and earned a reputation for bravery in the many battles that he fought in that conflict. [21] In the early 1920s, Irish republican leader Michael Collins was called "the Irish de Wet" by the British press. [22]