16-611: The RijnWaalpad is a bicycle highway in Gelderland . The 15.8km long cycle path connects Arnhem , located on the Nederrijn , and Nijmegen on the Waal . The bike freeway was opened on July 3, 2015, making it the first bike freeway in the region. It is an independent bike freeway where cyclists do not have to wait at traffic lights. New infrastructure has been built for the RijnWaalpad, such as
32-548: A bicycle tunnel under the A15 motorway , a bicycle bridge at Lent and another tunnel at Bemmel . The total construction costs amounted to €17 million. Gelderland Gelderland ( / ˈ ɡ ɛ l d ər l ə n d / , Dutch: [ˈɣɛldərlɑnt] ), also known as Guelders ( / ˈ ɡ ɛ l d ər z / ) in English, is a province of the Netherlands , located in
48-903: A larger public pop-music venues are Luxor Live in Arnhem, Doornroosje in Nijmegen, Gigant in Apeldoorn and the GelreDome stadium in Arnhem. Every year the municipality Renkum and Overbetuwe receive a large amount of tourist visiting because of the Battle of Arnhem . Often historical locations are visited, like the John Frost Bridge and the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery in Oosterbeek . Gelderland can roughly be divided into four geographical regions:
64-707: A new name: The gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was €78.3 billion in 2018, accounting for 10.1% of the Netherlands' economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was €33,000 or 110% of the EU27 average in the same year. Religion in Gelderland (2015) In 2015, 23.2% of the population belonged to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands , while 21.6% were Roman Catholic , 3.6% were Muslim , and 5.3% adhered to other churches or faiths. Close to half of
80-458: Is Arnhem (pop. 159,265 ); however, Nijmegen (pop. 176,731) and Apeldoorn (pop. 162,445) are both larger municipalities. Other major regional centres in Gelderland are Ede , Doetinchem , Zutphen , Harderwijk , Tiel , Wageningen , Zevenaar , and Winterswijk . Gelderland had a population of about 2,134,000 as of January 2023. It contains the Netherlands's largest forest region (the Veluwe ),
96-413: Is a part of the municipality of Bergen , and lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Alkmaar . Until 2001, Egmond aan den Hoef was part of the municipality of Egmond . The village was first mentioned in 1167 Ekmunde, and means "parcel of land belonging to Egmond ". The name originally applied only to the castle, but was later used for the settlement around the castle. In Egmond aan den Hoef are
112-662: The Frankish pagus Hamaland in the 11th century around castles near Roermond and Geldern . The counts of Gelre acquired the Betuwe and Veluwe regions and, through marriage, the County of Zutphen . Thus the counts of Guelders laid the foundation for a territorial power that, through control of the Rhine , Waal , Meuse and IJssel rivers, was to play an important role in the later Middle Ages . The geographical position of their territory dictated
128-604: The Rhine and other major rivers, and a significant amount of orchards in the south ( Betuwe ). Historically, the province dates from states of the Holy Roman Empire and takes its name from the nearby German city of Geldern . According to the Wichard saga , the Lords of Pont fought and killed a dragon in 878 AD, and named the town they founded after the death-rattle of the dragon: " Gelre! " The County of Guelders arose out of
144-567: The Veluwe in the north, the Rivierenland including the Betuwe in the southwest, the Achterhoek (literally meaning the "back corner") or Graafschap (which originally means earldom or county) in the east and the city-region of Arnhem and Nijmegen in the centre-south. In 2020, the 51 municipalities in Gelderland were divided into four COROPs : These municipalities were merged with neighbouring ones: These municipalities were merged and given
160-1003: The German II SS Panzer Corps , at the Battle of Arnhem . In Gelderland there are many museums, like the Netherlands Open Air Museum and Museum Arnhem in Arnhem, Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen, the Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn and in Otterlo the Kröller-Müller Museum . There are several large theatres in Gelderland such as the Stadsschouwburg in Nijmegen, Stadstheater in Arnhem and Orpheus (theater) in Apeldoorn. Some cities are also equipped with large concert halls like MUSIS (formerly: Musis sacrum) in Arnhem and Concertgebouw de Vereeniging in Nijmegen. The known by
176-483: The centre-east of the country. With a total area of 5,136 km (1,983 sq mi) of which 176 km (68 sq mi) is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by total area. Gelderland shares borders with six other provinces ( Flevoland , Limburg , North Brabant , Overijssel , South Holland and Utrecht ) and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia . The capital
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#1732851862637192-581: The external policy of the counts during the following centuries; they were committed to the interests of the Holy Roman Empire and to expansion south and west. Further enlarged by the acquisition of the imperial city of Nijmegen in the 13th century, the countship was raised to a duchy in 1339 by the Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV . After 1379, the duchy was ruled from Jülich and by the counts of Egmond and Cleves . The duchy resisted Burgundian domination, but William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
208-452: The population (46.3%) identified as non-religious. In the 2001 movie A Knight's Tale , the protagonist, William Thatcher (played by Heath Ledger ) pretends to be a knight known as "Ulrich von Lichtenstein from Gelderland". Egmond aan den Hoef Egmond aan den Hoef ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛxmɔnt aːn də(n) ˈɦuf] ) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland . It
224-564: The remains of Egmond Castle , the residence of the House of Egmond . The castle was first built in the 11th century, and was destroyed around 1205. It was rebuilt and fortified, and was destroyed again in the 14th century. Again it was rebuilt. In 1573 at the order of William the Silent it was demolished by the Geuzen , led by Diederik Sonoy . The remnants were taken down at the end of the 18th century. During
240-564: Was forced to cede it to Charles V in 1543, after which it formed part of the Burgundian-Habsburg hereditary lands. The duchy revolted with the rest of the Netherlands against Philip II of Spain and joined the Union of Utrecht (1579). After the deposition of Philip II, its sovereignty was vested in the States of Gelderland , and the princes of Orange were stadtholders . In 1672, the province
256-675: Was temporarily occupied by Louis XIV and, in 1713, the southeastern part, including the ducal capital of Geldern, fell to Prussia . Part of the Batavian Republic (1795–1806), of Louis Bonaparte 's Kingdom of Holland (1806–10), and of the French Empire (1810–13), Gelderland became a province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815. During the Second World War , it saw heavy fighting between Allied Paratroopers, British XXX Corps and
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