Ermelo

Ermelo ( listen / i?) ( Nieders.: armel) is an extensive village and a municipality of the province of Gelderland in the Veluwe. On 1 January 2013 Ermelo had 26.132 inhabitants.

Places

• Ermelo, where the local government is
• Leuvenum, a small hamlet in the woods
• Staverden, a group of farms to a castle, near the highway Apeldoorn - Harderwijk
• Drie ( actually three old farms, with some other apartments ) also located in the forest
• Horst, a hamlet on the Veluwe

Location and economic

Ermelo is located a few kilometers south of the city of Harderwijk, in the Veluwe, a border lake of the IJsselmeer. The local trains between Amersfoort and Zwolle keep every hour at the station of Ermelo. Of great importance for the economy of Ermelo tourism and the large psychiatric hospitals are in the village.

History

As early as 2300 BC, during the Neolithic period, people lived here. This emerged from archaeological excavations in Ermelo.

• For Roman past see the separate article marching camp Ermelo.

Ermelo was first mentioned as Irminlo ( Large clearing in the forest ) in the year 855 urkündlich. In the early Middle Ages to have had a settlement Saxony or Franconia here. Whether these people have here the god Irmin revered, has not been established. The mentioned in many books thesis according to Ermelo descended from gods name Irmin is strongly challenged lately by scientists. Irmin should simply be "large" an old word for. In the 13th century south-east of Ermelo was an important hunting lodge called Staverden. The lords of this castle even received from the Dukes of funds for the surroundings of the house the municipal law, as the exclusive right to breed white peacocks. The feathers of these birds served as an ornament of hats of the nobility, and were marketed expensive. The castle was destroyed several times; today's white-washed building dates from 1905.

Ermelo itself was until about 1830 a somewhat impoverished farming village. An improvement in the situation occurred then, as the Zuiderzeestraatweg, a good road between Amersfoort and Zwolle the Zuiderseedörfer was completed. Then came 1862, the opening of a small railway station on the outskirts of the village. Around 1870, settled here, the two large psychiatric institutions and Veldwijk ' s Heeren Loo. In 1950 was added in a large barracks, which the military 's second-largest employer in the village was. Ermelo made ​​up then to the adjacent Nunspeet a community. Due to conflicts of interest, including in the economic sphere, it came in 1972 to split off the community Ermelo ( See: Nunspeet # History ).

Attractions

• Beach Horst: a beach with a marina and other water sports on Lake Veluwe; the A28 Amersfoort - Zwolle here has an exit;
• The many forest - and heaths of the Veluwe, where many hiking and cycling are possible; also for riders there are options;
• The surroundings of the castle Staverden ( the castle itself is privately owned and not open to visitors ).

Sons and daughters of the town

• Aart Vierhouten ( b. 1970 ), cyclist