Bilthoven is one of six villages in the muncipality of "the bilt" stituated in the middle of the Netherlands. It's history goes back to the 20th of august 1863, the day when the railway track Utrecht-Amersfoort was taken in use and at the junction of the track line with the Soestdijkseweg a station was placed. Initially the Dutch railways had not planned a station on this spot. Just around 1900 the first villas appeared around the new station. The traintraffic from and to the new station strongly increased at the same time: in 1902, one could take the train in both directions 52 time per day. As a result of this track connection with the city and the fact that the ground was relatively cheap, the number of villas continued to increase rapidly. By than the name of the town was still bilt-station, but since it was not only a station anymore, the name was changed during a Council meeting on the 23rd of May 1917. Several names were presented, among which Bilt-Buiten, the Biltwijk and the Leyen. Eventually the name Biltsche dunes was chosen. However, this name ran up against objection of the Dutch railways. For this reason on the 11th of October 1917 another Council meeting was dedicated to the naming of the village. At this Council meeting again several names were discussed, such as Leyenhoven, Bilt-Hoog and the Bilthof. A majority of the Council went eventual agreement with the name Bilthoven (which is plural for Bilthof), presented by the Council member Melchior. Utrecht refers to various cities and areas: A province of the Netherlands A city in the Netherlands, and capital of the province of the same name A (historic) bishopric of the Netherlands An agglomeration in the Netherlands that includes the city of Utrecht A city in South Africa, in the... Amersfoort is also a town in South Africa. ...