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Doorwerth

Field	Value
name	Doorwerth
image_skyline	File:Netherlands, Renkum, Castle Doorwerth (4).JPG
image_caption	Castle Doorwerth
image_shield	Doorwerth wapen.svg
pushpin_map	Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the Netherlands
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Gelderland
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Renkum
population_total	4,887
population_footnotes
population_as_of	2017
website
coordinates
governing_body	Renkum Municipal council
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Mrs. A.M.J. (Agnes) Schaap

Doorwerth is a village in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Renkum, Gelderland, about 8 km west of Arnhem and about 100 km southeast of Amsterdam.

History

The valley of the Seelbeek has been in residential use since prehistoric times. The recorded history of Doorwerth started in the early Middle Ages when a small castle was built in the Seelbeek valley and later the current Doorwerth Castle was founded. The old village grew around the castle near the banks of the river Rhine. Most of the houses of the old village near the castle were damaged during World War II, all of them where abandoned and demolished after the war. The current cores of the village were developed from 1923 onwards, when the Van der Molenallee was constructed.

Doorwerth was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1923. The grounds of this municipality extended from Heelsum, till Oosterbeek until what is now known as Wolfheze. In 1923 it became a part of the Renkum municipality.

Doorwerth Castle is located south of the village, on the Rhine.

Since 1999 the Dorenweerd College (former "Duno college") located in the vicinity of Doorwerth. It is an amalgamation of five schools in the municipality Renkum.

Notable people from Doorwerth

Stephan Brenninkmeijer (born 1964), film director and editor
Marianne Thieme (born 1972), politician and vegetarian
Afrodite Zegers (born 1991), Olympic athlete

Gallery

File:6865 Doorwerth, Netherlands - panoramio (1).jpg|Villa in Doorwerth File:Wienerberger steenfabriek Doorwerth.jpg|Brickworks File:09lidldoorwerth.jpg|Apartment block with supermarket File:Brand new leaves at this Beechallee at Doorwerth at 2 May 2015 - panoramio.jpg|Path through the forest

References

"Feiten en cijfers".
"Mayor Schaap".
{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten

Wikipedia Source

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