Baarn is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands. The modern day Netherlands are divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch), listed below with their capital city: Map of the Netherlands, with provinces and capital cities See also the ranked list of Dutch provinces Structure A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the... Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...

Population centres

• Baarn
• Eembrugge
• Lage Vuursche.

The town Baarn

Baarn received city rights in 1391. City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. ... Events Many Jews left Barcelona after the 1391 massacres, though a large number remained in the city. ...

Although named after the village of Soestdijk, which is largely in the municipality of Soest, the Soestdijk Palace is in the municipality of Baarn. It was the home of Queen Emma, Queen Juliana and Juliana's husband prince Bernard. Castle Drakesteijn lies in the village of Lage Vuursche, and is also owned by the royal family. It was the home of Queen Beatrix (then princess) and her family before she was crowned queen in 1980. In the early 1980s, the family moved to Den Haag (The Hague). Crown prince Willem Alexander and his brothers went to school (Nieuwe Baarnse School and Baarnsch Lyceum) in Baarn before their move to Den Haag. Soest is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. ... Soest is the name of two localities, one in the Netherlands and one in Germany: Soest, Netherlands Soest, Germany and the district around Soest, Germany is also called Soest: Soest (district) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Soestdijk Palace is one of the four official palaces of the Dutch royal family. ... Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia (August 2, 1858 - March 20, 1934) was Queen Consort to William III of the Netherlands from 1879 to 1890, Queen Regent from 1890 to 1898, and Queen Mother from 1890 to 1934 The future Queen Emma of the Netherlands was born in Arolsen (Germany) on 2... Queen Juliana Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina (April 30, 1909 - March 20, 2004), Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, was Queen of the Netherlands from her mothers abdication in 1948 to her own abdication in 1980 and Queen Mother (with the title of Princess) from 1980 to... Prince Bernhard in his later years. ... Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands reads her countrys Speech from the Throne. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... This article is about the city in the Netherlands; there is also a region known as (the) Hague in France. ... His Royal Highness, Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand of Orange-Nassau, Prince of Orange, (born April 27, 1967) is the Crown Prince of the Netherlands. ...

Baarn has a nice shopping street, called 'Laanstraat'. In the North-West (Hoog Baarn), there are very pricy houses with big gardens. Other places include 'het Cantonspark' (a botanic Garden), Kasteel (=castle) Groeneveld. In the north and west there are polders, and the river Eem is nearby. In the east and south there are woods, all with good possibilities for cycling. A polder is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes and requiring drainage by pumps to prevent the water table within it from rising too high. ...

It has a railroad station, with trains going every half hour to Utrecht (30 minutes) Amersfoort (5 minutes) and Amsterdam (about 40 minutes). The A1 highway runs close to Baarn. Utrecht is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... Amersfoort is also a town in South Africa. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739. ...

Eembrugge

Eembrugge is a small village on the river Eem, east of Baarn. It received city rights in 1300. City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. ... Events Beginning of the Renaissance. ...

Lage Vuursche

Lage Vuursche, formerly also known as De Vuursche, is a small village in the woods southwest of Baarn. Drakestein, a former residence of Beatrix, is located close to the village.

Well-known people from Baarn

• Fanny Blankers-Koen was born in Baarn in 1918
• M. C. Escher lived and worked in Baarn from 1941 to 1970

Fanny Blankers-Koen speeding towards the gold medal in the final of the 80 m hurdles event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Self portrait, 1943¹ Maurits Cornelis Escher (Leeuwarden, June 17, 1898 - Laren, March 27, 1972) was a Dutch artist most known for his woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints, which tend to feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, and tessellations. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

External links

• Official Website (http://www.baarn.nl)
• Welcome to Baarn (http://www.compris.nl/baarn/)
• Map of Baarn (http://www.plattegronden.nl/gemeentebaarn/)
• Baarn in old picture postcards (http://www.oud-baarn.nl)