Rhenen

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nameRhenen
settlement_typeCity and Municipality
image_skylineRhenen 9.jpg
image_captionThe Cunera Church in Rhenen
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shield_alt
image_mapMap - NL - Municipality code 0340 (2009).svg
map_altHighlighted position of Rhenen in a municipal map of Utrecht
map_captionLocation in Utrecht
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameNetherlands
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Utrecht
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titleWat is en doet het college van B en W?
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publisherGemeente Rhenen
access-date12 September 2017}}
governing_bodyMunicipal council
leader_partyPvdA
leader_titleMayor
leader_name, mayor
total_typeMunicipality
unit_prefMetric
area_footnotes
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area_water_km2
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urlhttp://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
titlePostcodetool for 3911MG
languagenl
author
workActueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
publisherHet Waterschapshuis
access-date9 April 2014
archive-date21 September 2013
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postal_code_typePostcode
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area_code_typeArea code
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website
::

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Rhenen () is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. The municipality also includes the villages of Achterberg, and Elst. The town lies on the southernmost part of the chain of hills known as the Utrecht Hill Ridge (Utrechtse Heuvelrug), where this meets the river Rhine. Because of this Rhenen has significant elevation changes across the town.

Directly to the east of the built-up area lies the Grebbeberg, a hill with a height of about 50 m.

History

Before 1900

Rhenen received city rights probably between 1256 and 1258. In 1346, the bishop of Utrecht ordered the construction of a defensive wall around the city, which was important because it lay near the border with Guelders. Although for some time the town collected toll from ships on the Rhine, it has never had a harbour. The three city gates were demolished in 1840. Small fragments of the wall remain.

The town is also famous for the Cunera Church, parts of which date back to the 15th century. Containing the relics of Saint Cunera, it attracted many pilgrims. Legend has it that Cunera was buried on a nearby hill now called the Cuneraheuvel. The church's tower was built between 1492 and 1531.

Between 1630 and 1631, the Koningshuis palace was constructed at Rhenen for the ousted Frederick V. It was demolished in 1812.

World War II

Part of the center of Rhenen, which was located near the defensive Grebbelinie (Grebbe line), was destroyed during the German attack on the Netherlands in May 1940. Part of the reconstruction took place during the war. In 1945, the town was damaged again during the liberation of the country from German occupation.

Many or all of the Dutch soldiers who were killed by the Germans near Rhenen lie buried at the Erebegraafplaats (Cemetery of Honor), located along the Grebbeweg (N 225) near the top of the Grebbeberg. Across the road is an important war monument with a poem by J.C. Bloem.

In 2008 Rhenen celebrated its 750th anniversary.

Main sights

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Witte-Leeuw-Ouwehands-Dierenpark.jpg" caption="A white lion at Ouwehands Dierenpark"] ::

Transport

Politics and administration

Municipal council

The municipal council of Rhenen consists of 19 members since March 2022 ::data[format=table title="Municipal Council seats"]

Party19941998200220062010201420182022Total1717171717171719
SGP33433435
VVD43333233
Rhenens Belang---12223
Progr. Rhenen/ Groenlinks112243333
D66211--122
ChristenUnie2-1--1221
CDA44433211
PvdA33332111
::

¹ In the elections up to and including 2002, only GroenLinks participated.

² In 1998, the RPF, one of the predecessors of the Christian Union, participated in the elections.

Municipal executive

The municipal executive of Rhenen for the council term of 2022–2026 consists of:

  • Géran Kaai, Mayor of Rhenen
  • Gert van Laar (SGP), Alderman for the physical domain
  • Dick Poortinga (Rhenens Belang), Alderman for welfare and sports, economy and recreation & tourism
  • Hans Boerkamp (D66), Alderman for Finance, mobility, education and youth
  • Bert Fintelman (CDA), Alderman for rural/agricultural areas, sustainability and nature. (PvdA) left his position as mayor 7 March 2024

Notable people

Gallery

File:Rhenen, Militair Ereveld Grebbeberg IMG 9161 2019-04-19 13.11.jpg|War monument: Militair Ereveld Grebbeberg File:Rhenen, de Binnenmolen RM32465 IMG 9170 2019-04-19 14.00.jpg|Windmill: the Binnenmolen File:Lovely houses in Rhenen with characteristic wooden ornaments - panoramio.jpg|Houses in Rhenen with characteristic wooden ornaments File:HavenvanRhenen2010-2.jpg|Haven van Rhenen File:View of Rhenen, Jan Van Goyen, 1656.jpg|View of Rhenen, Jan Van Goyen, 1656 File:Pandasia Ouwehands Dierenpark 2017 4.jpg|Pandasia Ouwehands Dierenpark File:Straatbeeld - Rhenen - 20398412 - RCE.jpg|Straatbeeld, Rhenen File:Gezicht op Rhenen - Rhenen - 20396586 - RCE.jpg|Gezicht op Rhenen File:Rhenen - 2011 - panoramio (25).jpg|Rhenen, panoramio File:Rhenen Frederik van de Paltshof Poort.jpg|Rhenen, Frederik van de Paltshof Poort

References

References

  1. {{Dutch municipality total area. dataref
  2. {{Dutch municipality population. dataref
  3. Kolman C., ''et al''. (1996). ''Monumenten in Nederland: Utrecht''. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. {{ISBN. 90-400-9757-7.
  4. Ph. J. van Dael, 'Over het Rhenense stadsrecht en het Rhenense (burger)zegel', in Oud Rhenen, 2002 no. 2, p. 5-38.
  5. (26 February 2024). "Website van de gemeente Rhenen".
  6. Utrecht, provincie. (22 December 2023). "Burgemeester Hans van der Pas verlaat Rhenen".

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