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.
Otterlo | |
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Village | |
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  Otterlo Location in the Netherlands  Otterlo Otterlo (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 52°6′1″N 5°46′21″E / 52.10028°N 5.77250°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Municipality | Ede |
| Area | |
| • Total | 103.90 km2 (40.12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,310 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6731[1] |
| Dialing code | 0318 |
| Website | otterlo.nl |
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.
Otterlo was a separate municipality until 1818, when it merged with Ede.[3]
History
editSecond World War
editDuring the first four years of the war, Otterlo was relatively unharmed. The local resistance made use of a secret telephone connection from an electrician's house, which in 2021 still stands at the dorpsstraat, behind barber Prophitius, to communicate with the allies below the river Rhine (1944/1945). During the war, multiple families hid Jewish people from the Germans. One location was betrayed however, resulting in a raid in 1944 at the house 'De Lindenhof' at the Hoenderlooseweg.[4]
During the liberation of Netherlands in April 1945, Otterlo was the center of a fierce and bloody battle between German and British and Canadian soldiers. See the Battle of Otterlo.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 6731AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
- ^ "Home | slagomotterlo.nl". slagomotterlo.nl. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
External links
edit- Media related to Otterlo at Wikimedia Commons
- CBC Archives - CBC Radio reporting from Otterlo April 17, 1945.
- The Battle of Otterlo (documentary)
