Renkum is a municipality

Municipality

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 and a town in the eastern Netherlands

Netherlands

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The municipality has 31.801 inhabitants (31 May 2009, Source: CBS) and has a land area of 47,12 km². Renkum is situated along the river Rhine The municipality Renkum is part of the Stadsregio (English: City region) Arnhem-Nijmegen.

The surrounding of the municipality are mainly forest and river forelands. In the forest one can find tumulus

Tumulus

A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hügelgrab or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn...

 of thousand years old. Findings from these tumulus

Tumulus

A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hügelgrab or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn...

 can be seen in the Historic museum in Arnhem

Arnhem

Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...

History

Renkum is more than thousand years old. In 1970 the thousand-year anniversary was celebrated. In the early days, the name was witten as Redinchem. In the 19th century Renkum developed itself. There existed six paper mill

Paper mill

A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier machine or other type of paper machine.- History :...

s, three water-cornmills

Gristmill

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 and one water-oil mill. There were two factories, a treacle factory

Treacle

Treacle is any syrup made during the refining of sugar and is defined as "uncrystallized syrup produced in refining sugar". Treacle is used chiefly in cooking as a form of sweetener or condiment....

 and a potato starch-flour factory

Potato starch

Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. The cells of the root tubers of the potato plant contain starch grains . To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed; the starch grains are released from the destroyed cells...

. There was also a beer brewery

Brewery

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 and a tavern

Tavern

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 de Bok.

Nowadays there is still paper industry

Pulp and paper industry

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 The company is Norske Skog Parenco B.V..

Population centres

• Doorwerth
  Doorwerth
  Doorwerth is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Renkum, about 8 km west of Arnhem.-History:The valley of the Seelbeek has been in residential use since prehistoric times...
  
  
• Heelsum
• Heveadorp
• Oosterbeek
  Oosterbeek
  Oosterbeek is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Renkum, about 5 km west of Arnhem.The oldest part of the village of Oosterbeek is the Benedendorp , on the northern bank of the river Rhine...
  
  
• Renkum
• Wolfheze
  Wolfheze
  Wolfheze is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Renkum, 10 km northwest of the city of Arnhem.-History:Wolfheze has had a train station on the railway line between Utrecht and Arnhem since 1845...
  
  

The village Oosterbeek is associated with the Bilderberg Group

Bilderberg Group

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, as the group's first meeting took place at the Hotel de Bilderberg, in May 1954.

External links

• Official Website
• Airborne Museum (Oosterbeek)