Otterlo
Village in Gelderland, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Village in Gelderland, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°6′1″N 5°46′21″E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Gelderland |
Municipality | Ede |
Area | |
• Total | 103.90 km2 (40.12 sq mi) |
Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 2,310 |
• Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 6731[1] |
Dialing code | 0318 |
Website | otterlo.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]
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.
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