Otterlo

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
Village
Otterlo Reformed Church
Otterlo
Location in the Netherlands
Otterlo
Otterlo (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 52°6′1″N 5°46′21″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGelderland
MunicipalityEde
Area
[1]
 • Total103.90 km2 (40.12 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
28 m (92 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total2,310
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6731[1]
Dialing code0318
Websiteotterlo.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

Second World War

During 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
  1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. "Postcodetool for 6731AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  4. "Home | slagomotterlo.nl". slagomotterlo.nl. Retrieved 2021-05-11.


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