Veluwe

The Veluwe is the largest contiguous forest area ( about 1100 km ²) in the Netherlands. It is located directly southeast of the Veluwemeeres and the other Veluwerandmeere in the province of Gelderland. A part of the area is protected by the National Park De Hoge Veluwe.

Landscape structure

Mainly, there are pine mixed forests on sandy ground moraine. Many of these forests were planted in the 18th and 19th centuries, as the former sand dunes threatened agriculture and the wood should serve the housing and mining and paper production. It is characterized by frequent dunes and small lakes. At the edge of the Veluwe farming is done. However, there are heaths, which are carefully protected. The local height extends from 10 meters to over 100 meters above sea level. NN, and there are some nice views.

Cities and Towns

Cities and towns in the Veluwe and in its neighborhood are Apeldoorn, Barneveld, Dieren, Ede, Elburg, Epe, Ermelo, Harderwijk, Hattem, Heerde, Nijkerk, Nunspeet, Oldebroek, putting, Garderen, Rheden, Scherpenzeel, Wageningen. Parts of the Veluwe reach into the city of Arnhem. The Veluwe is roughly bounded by the towns of Hattem - Apeldoorn - Dieren - Arnhem - Wageningen - Ede - Harderwijk.

Economy and Transport

Tourism

The Veluwe is a magnet for tourism, both from Germany and especially from the Netherlands itself There are many camping facilities, hotels and restaurants. In addition, there is a dense network of bicycle and riding trails. The tourist center of the Veluwe is located in the vicinity of Veluwemeeres ( Harderwijk ) along the transport axis Zwolle and Amsterdam. The Veluwe was traditional hunting grounds, inter alia, for the Dutch Royal House. A few kilometers north of Arnhem can still be a zoo and the remarkable open-air museum ( Dutch: Open Air Museum ), where the residential architecture from the past and the past lives in the Dutch provinces are shown impressive. The Hoge Veluwe National Park also still offers significant Kröller -Müller museum with a large collection of Van Gogh and the sculpture park at the Kröller- Müller Museum with modern sculptures. In Apeldoorn, the former palace lies Het Loo ( former residence of Queen Wilhelmina, now the Royal House of Orange- Nassau Museum ). . The heath of the Veluwe already recorded the accompaniment of Margrave Carl Friedrich of Baden during his trip to the Netherlands in a letter dated October 25, 1780, the court physician Dr. Johann Christoph Buch wrote: " ... we left Arnhem and put the Tear after Loo continues allwo we ankammen first afternoon at 3 clock happy because nothing but heath and a deep clear quicksand (note " Woeste Hoeve " ) was to tear through ... ".

Traffic

The Veluwe is affected in the northwest of the Highway 28 and the parallel railway line Zwolle - Amersfoort Amsterdam. South of the Highway 1 and the parallel railway from Deventer runs through Amersfoort to Amsterdam. In the east the Veluwe of the Highway 50 and the parallel railway from Deventer to Zwolle is affected. The wildlife 's sake (wild change as a bridge ) was built over the highways some " Ökodukte ".