Rheden ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈreːdə(n)] ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands .
7-583: Population of the seven villages on 1 January 2013 [REDACTED] Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rheden, June 2015 The oldest mentions of villages in the municipality of Rheden date from the 9th century, namely Velp and Dieren. Many estates arose at the foot of the Veluwezoom, forming an almost unbroken row from Arnhem to Dieren. Examples are Middachten Castle (14th century), Biljoen Castle (16th century) and Huis Rhederoord (18th century). The estates and their residents provided work for
14-516: Is part of the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites . The first mention of a castle on this location dates from 1190, owned by Jacobus de Mithdac. Early in the 14th century Everardus van Steenre transferred its ownership to Reinald, count of Gelre. Everardus then got the castle back as a loan in 1357. The castle would remain with this family until 1625. During this time the castle was destroyed and rebuilt several times. In 1673 Stadtholder William III conquered
21-523: The city of Bonn, making the occupying French troops retreat, who destroyed the castle. Godard van Ginkel and his spouse Ursula van Raesfelt then had the castle rebuilt, based on the example of Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn . It was designed by Jacobus Roman (1640-1716) and Steven Vennecool (1657-1719). After the castle was rebuilt in 1698 a garden was built, based on the garden in Versailles in
28-491: The growth of the municipality of Rheden. The population quadrupled in a century from 5,000 to 23,000. Velp is now the largest village in the municipality. Middachten Castle Middachten Castle ( Dutch : Kasteel Middachten ) is a monumental manor house, located on the Middachten estate, De Steeg , Netherlands . The current building dates from 1693-1698. The castle is a rijksmonument since October 11, 2004, and
35-479: The local population. The castles also provided a safe haven in times of unrest. The municipality of Rheden was formed in 1573 when the schoutambten Velp and Rheden were merged to form the schoutambt Rheden.The choice of the name Rheden was made because the Rheden sheriff's office had more inhabitants. The municipality was divided into two new municipalities on 1 January 1812: Dieren and Velp. Already on 1 January 1818
42-516: The old situation was restored. Between 1650 and about 1900 there were seven country estates in the village of Rheden: Scherpenhof, Den Brink, Heuven, De Kruishorst, Snippendaal (until 1916 part of De Kruishorst), Rhederhof and Valkenberg. During the 19th century, many retirees and pensioners settled in the municipality of Rheden, particularly in De Steeg and Velp. The nearby presence of a city (Arnhem) and beautiful nature were factors that stimulated
49-400: The period 1700-1725. In the late 18th century British style gardens became fashion, and the gardens were redone in this style. In 1900 count and countess Bentinck-Van Heeckeren of Wassenaer had the gardens partially rebuilt in the original style by Hugo Poortman (a student of French garden artist Édouard André ). The castle used to have an extensive estate. However these are no longer owned by
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