Baarn ( Dutch pronunciation: [baːr(ə)n] ) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, near Hilversum in the province of Utrecht .
10-520: The municipality of Baarn consists of the following towns: Baarn, Eembrugge , Lage Vuursche . Baarn, the main town of the municipality, received city rights in 1391. The town lies about 8 km east of Hilversum . In 2001, the town of Baarn had a population of 22,871. The urban area of the town was 4.66 km (1.80 sq mi), and consisted of 10,076 residences. The royal family owns several houses around Baarn. The Soestdijk Palace in Baarn
20-403: A little hamlet, and was overshadowed by neighbouring Eemnes . The church collapsed in the late-16th century after a flood, and was demolished in 1702. In 1840, it was home to 129 people. This Utrecht location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eemnes Eemnes ( Dutch pronunciation: [eːmˈnɛs] ) is a municipality and a village in
30-654: A railway station - Baarn railway station , with trains going every half-hour to Utrecht ( Utrecht Centraal , 35 minutes), Amersfoort ( Amersfoort Centraal , 10 minutes) and Amsterdam ( Amsterdam Centraal , about 40 minutes). The A1 motorway runs just north of Baarn. Freighter SS ' Baarn' (1927) of the KNSM, assigned to the allied invasion fleet for Sicily and sailing in convoy KWS 16, loaded from Alexandria with tanks, trucks, ammunition and petrol (in cans) and 4 LCMs, under captain LH Mager, 11 July 1943, anchored off
40-534: Is adjacent to the palace and historically belonged to it. Baarn's shopping facilities are mainly located in the Laanstraat. Other visitor destinations include 'het Cantonspark ' (a botanical garden ) and Groeneveld Castle . In the north and east there are polders , and the river Eem . Recreation resources include the woodlands south-west of Baarn, connecting Baarn to Soestdijk, and called 'Het Baarnsche Bos'. The Scout Centre Buitenzorg ( Scouting Nederland )
50-599: Is located in Baarn. To the south lay the connecting road towards the city of Amersfoort , called 'Breemeentje'. This, approx. 10 km long straight of polder road, connects the town of Baarn to various roads in Soest and the industrial area of Amersfoort. Due to good communications with Amsterdam, the town is home to a number of boutique international firms such as SEI Investments Company , Bain & Co and Cerberus Capital Management . Unilever's Conimex and software company Seyoda Games are located in Baarn. Baarn has
60-459: The Netherlands , in the province of Utrecht . Eemnes formerly consisted of two villages, Eemnes-Binnen ("Inner Eemnes") and Eemnes-Buiten ("Outer Eemnes"). These names referred to the location of the villages with respect to the dyke of the river Eem . Eemnes-Buiten received city rights in 1345; Eemnes-Binnen was granted city rights in 1439. [REDACTED] Dutch topographic map of
70-441: The coast of Sicily, on the roadstead of Avola, attacked by 12 German bombers. The 'Baarn' is hit and catches fire. All those on board manage to save themselves and are on the landing beach within an hour. The 'Baarn' will later be sunk as a wreck by British warships. Eembrugge Eembrugge is a hamlet and former city on the river Eem , east of Baarn , in the Netherlands . It received city rights between 1336 en 1340, but
80-626: The municipality of Eemnes, June 2015 Until 1932, when the Afsluitdijk sealed off the Zuiderzee from the North Sea , the weak dykes in this part of the country would occasionally break during storms. This resulted in the formation of pools, which in Dutch are called " waaien " or " wielen ". Because they could be tens of meters in diameter and several metres deep, landowners often did not make
90-646: Was destroyed in 1527. Eembrugge is partially in the municipality of Eemnes , partially in Baarn . It was first mentioned in 1254 as "in orientale parte ecclesie de Ema", and means bridge over the Eem which was built in the 12th century. Eembrugge received city rights between 1336 and 1340 by Jan III van Diest , the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht . In 1527, Eembrugge was destroyed by the Duke of Gelre . Later, it became
100-469: Was the home of Queen Emma , Queen Juliana and Juliana's husband prince Bernard . Crown prince Willem Alexander and his brothers attended school ( Nieuwe Baarnse School and Het Baarnsch Lyceum ) in Baarn when Queen Beatrix (then princess) and her family lived at Castle Drakesteijn in the village of Lage Vuursche, before they moved to The Hague in 1980. A piece of forest, the Baarnse Bos ,
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