Amersfoort
Coordinates: 52.15° N 5.38° E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Utrecht
Area (2006)
- Municipality	63.78 km²  (24.6 sq mi)
- Land	62.88 km² (24.3 sq mi)
- Water	0.90 km² (0.3 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	139,017
- Density	2,211/km² (5,726.5/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website: www.amersfoort.nl

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Population centres

The municipality of Amersfoort consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Amersfoort, Hoogland, Hooglanderveen, Stoutenburg Noord. Hoogland is a village located north of the city of Amersfoort. ... Amersfoort is also a town in South Africa. ...

The city of Amersfoort

History

Hunter gatherers set up their camps in the Amersfoort region in the Mesolithic period. Traces of these camps have been found to the north of Amersfoort by archaeologists, mainly consisting of vague features, which represent the hearths of the hunter-camps. Sometimes microlithic flint objects have been found. In anthropology, the hunter-gatherer way of life is that led by certain societies of the Neolithic Era based on the exploitation of wild plants and animals. ...

Settlements in the Amersfoort area from around 1000 BC have been found, but the name Amersfoort (named after a ford in the Amer river, now the Eem) did not appear until the 11th century. It was granted city rights in 1259 by the bishop of Utrecht Hendrik van Vianden. The city developed around what is now known as the central square, the "Hof". This was the place where the Bishop of Utrecht settled a court, in order to control the "Gelderse vallei". Around the episcopal court the city grew, resulting in the grant of city rights. A first defensive wall, made out of brick, was finished around 1300. Soon after, the need for enlargement of the city appeared and around 1380 the start of a new wall took place, which was finished around 1450. The famous Koppelpoort is part of this wall. The first wall was demolished and at its place houses arose. The Muurhuizen (wallhouses) street is at the exact location of the first wall; the front wall of the houses is founded on top of the citywall foundations. (Redirected from 1000 BC) Centuries: 12th century BC - 11th century BC - 10th century BC Decades: 1050s BC 1040s BC 1030s BC 1020s BC 1010s BC - 1000s BC - 990s BC 980s BC 970s BC 960s BC 950s BC Events and Trends 1006 BC - David becomes king of the ancient Israelites (traditional... A ford is a section of water (most commonly a section of a river) that is sufficiently shallow as to be traversable by wading. ... The last interglacial period (between the ice ages), approx. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... The origin of the Diocese dates back to 695 when St. ... Categories: Stub | Buildings in the Netherlands | Medieval architecture ...

The famous Koppelpoort in Amersfoort, at evening

The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwentoren (Our Lady's tower, [1]) is one of the highest medieval church towers of the country: 98 m. The construction of the tower and the church was started in 1444. The church was demolished by an explosion in 1787, but the tower survived. The old lay-out of the church can still be seen by different types of stone, used in the pavement. It is now the reference point of the RD coordinate system, the coordinate grid used by the Dutch topographical service: the RD coordinates are (155.000, 463.000). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 48 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 48 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Events March 2 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance April 16 - Truce of Tours. ... Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Geography of the Netherlands The Netherlands is one of the most geographically unique countries on Earth. ...

The inner city of Amersfoort has been preserved very well since the Middle Ages. Apart from the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren, the main attractions are the Sint-Joris church, the Koppelpoort (a combined land and water gate in the city walls), and the Muurhuizen (Wall-houses), which were built against the oldest city wall. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Categories: Stub | Buildings in the Netherlands | Medieval architecture ... The defensive wall of Braşov, Romania. ...

In the Middle Ages, Amersfoort was an important centre of textile industries, and there were a large number of breweries in the city. In the 18th century the city flourished because of the cultivation of tobacco. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... This article is about the product manufactured from Tobacco plants (Nicotiana spp. ...

Second World War

In the Second World War there was a concentration camp near the city of Amersfoort. The camp, officially called Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort (Police Transit Camp Amersfoort), better known as Kamp Amersfoort, was actually located in the neighbouring municipality of Leusden. After the war the leader of the camp, Joseph Kotälla, was sentenced to death. It has been suggested that Internment be merged into this article or section. ... // [edit] Official Name The official name for Kamp Amersfoort was Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort, P.D.A. or Police Transitcamp Amersfoort. ... Leusden is a town in the central Netherlands. ...

Keistad (Stone-city)

Amersfoortse Kei

The nickname for Amersfoort, Keistad (stone-city), originates in the Amersfoortse Kei, a boulder that was dragged into the city in 1661 by 400 people because of a bet. This story embarrassed the inhabitants, and they buried the boulder in the city, but after it was found again in 1903 it was placed on a prominent spot as a monument. Amersfoortse Kei Source nl:wikipedia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Amersfoortse Kei Source nl:wikipedia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

Transport

In Amersfoort you can use the Connexxion buses, the BBA buses and the "Stadsvervoer Nederland" buses. With Connexxion you can travel to each place in Amersfoort and some places further, like Utrecht. With BBA, just like Stadsvervoer Nederland, you can travel to regional destinations. Amersfoort has three railway stations. Amersfoort, the intercity station, with trains to Enschede, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Amsterdam and Leeuwarden/Groningen, and Amersfoort Schothorst. This station has twice an hour a train to Utrecht, twice a train to Hilversum, Amsterdam and Schagen and twice to Zwolle. In 2006 a new station has been completed called Amersfoort Vathorst. At this station every hour two trains depart to Utrecht Centraal. From the year 2007 two trains will depart to Zwolle every hour.

Notable people born in Amersfoort

Amersfoort

See also People from Amersfoort

• Paulus Buys (1531-1594) – grand pensionary
• Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547-1619) – statesman
• Piet Mondriaan (1872-1944) – painter
• Johannes Heesters (1903) – actor, singer and entertainer
• Ben Pon (1936) – sports car racing driver
• Loet Geutjes (1943) – water polo player
• Feike de Vries (1943) – water polo player
• Anke Rijnders (1956) – swimmer
• Frank Drost (1963) – swimmer
• Jan Wagenaar (1965) – water polo player
• Deidre Holland (1966) – adult film star
• Arie van de Bunt (1969) – water polo goalkeeper
• Lars Thijssen (1900) – famous playa

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Miscellaneous

• The city had its own professional football (soccer) club named HVC. It was founded on July 30, 1973, but due to financial problems disestablished on June 30, 1982. It is now active again and its the best of its class.

• In swimming pool Sportfondsenbad there is a yearly nudist day in March (NFN members and donors only) (de).

• Amersfoort is the host of an ATP professional tennis tournament, named Priority Telecom Open, held each year in July since 2002.

• Every year 't Atrium, a local high school hosts an international exchange program with a number of European countries and Canada. In 2006 Ireland, Norway, France, Czech Republic, France, Spain and Canada participated.

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Local government

'Koppelpoort' Amersfoort

The municipal council of Amersfoort consists of 39 seats, which are divided as follows [2]: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 372 KB) (All user names refer to en. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 372 KB) (All user names refer to en. ...

• VVD - 6 seats
• PvdA - 10 seats
• CDA - 5 seats
• GroenLinks - 4 seats
• Jouw Amersfoort - 3 seats
• ChristenUnie - 3 seats
• SP - 3 seats
• Burger Partij Amersfoort - 5 seats
• PAPA (Politieke Actiepartij Amersfoort - not represented)
• NCPN (Nieuwe Communistische Partij Nederland - not represented)

The Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) (Dutch: Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) is a Dutch liberal political party. ... The Labour Party (in Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA) is a Dutch social-democratic political party. ... The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) (Dutch: Christen Democratisch Appèl) is a Dutch Christian-democratic political party. ... This article is about the Dutch political party. ... The ChristenUnie (Christians Union) is a relatively young political party in the Netherlands. ... The Socialist Party (SP, Dutch: Socialistische Partij) is a Dutch socialist political party. ...

External links

• AmersfoortYourWay Tourist information and hotel bookings

• Detailed Falkplan map

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Populated places in the municipality of Amersfoort
Cities/towns: Amersfoort
Villages: Hoogland - Hooglanderveen
Hamlets: Buurtsdijk - Palestina - Zeldert