Achterveld

For the rural area in Gelderland, see Achterveld, Gelderland. For the former plantation in New Netherland, see Flatlands, Brooklyn.

Achterveld is a village in the central Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Leusden, Utrecht and is located about 8 km east of Amersfoort. A small part of the village is located in Barneveld.^[3]

Achterveld
Village
Church Jozefkerk
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Coordinates: 52°8′10″N 5°29′49″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Utrecht
Municipality	Leusden Barneveld
Area [1]
• Total	10.17 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	6 m (20 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	2,625
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3791[1]
Dialing code	0342
Website	www.achterveld.net

The village is a Catholic enclave in a Protestant region. It has a neo-romanesque church.

In 2001, the village of Achterveld had 1616 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.50 km², and contained 651 residences.^[4] The statistical area "Achterveld", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2570.^[5]

On 28 to 30 April 1945, Achterveld was the scene of high-ranking talks now known as 'The Achterveld Conference' between the Allied command (among others, General Foulkes of Canada, and General Bedell Smith of the United States), Sir Francis de Guingand of the United Kingdom, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Ivan Susloparov of the Soviet Union and the occupying German government of the Netherlands, headed by 'Reichskomissar' Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and his aides. They discussed urgent food-help for the starving cities in the west of Holland, which Seyss-Inquart allowed, and which started the day after, 29 April, by plane from England, code-named Operation Manna.

The Allies tried to start negotiations about an unconditional German surrender. Seyss-Inquart did not want to comply there and then, although a general cease-fire was convened. The Germans ceased their resistance only on 5 May following, in Wageningen.^[6]

Gallery

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  Apartment buildings with shops
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  House in Achterveld
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  Duck pond
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  Party centre De Klaveet

Sport

• Tour de junior, annual bicycle race

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2022. two entries
2. "Postcodetool for 3791AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
3. "Achterveld". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
4. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 Archived March 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).
5. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005 Archived 1999-04-27 at the Wayback Machine. As of 1 January 2005.
6. Dr Loe de Jong: Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog ('The Kingdom of the Netherlands during the Second World War'), SDU, 1966–81