Harmelen

Harmelen is a village in the municipality of Woerden in the Dutch province of Utrecht . The village is bisected by the Leiden Rhine, which flows into the Old Rhine . It also borders the Utrecht district Vleuten-De Meern . Harmelen has 8,202 inhabitants (1 January 2014) and covers an area of ​​2,375 hectares.

Content

 * 1 Geography
 * 2 History
 * 3 Train Disaster
 * 4 Sports clubs
 * 5 Cemeteries
 * 6 Born in Harmelen
 * 7 Water
 * 8 See also
 * 9 External links

Geography
Until 2001 Harmelen was an independent municipality, in that year it became part of the municipality of Woerden. In the outskirts of Harmelen is the main agricultural function livestock. There will also be plenty of fruit and horticulture for. A small concentration of companies in the field of technical production, transportation and services can be found at the business's Putkop. These are mainly companies with a local or regional function.

House Harmelen is a former castle and ridderhof city from 1295 which was destroyed in the 20th century and was rebuilt.

History [ edit ]
Originally built around the medieval church in the village center, the core is now expanded with several new housing estates. Harmelen has 26 entries in the register of national monuments . Harmelen station is a former railway station. On Friday, September 27th, 2013 was Harmelen by listeners of radio station 3FM declared the nicest village of the province of Utrecht.

Train Disaster [ edit ]
The most dramatic day in the history of the Harmelen train disaster on January 8th 1962 . Although this incident was known as the Harmelen train disaster, it took place on the territory of the then neighboring municipality Kamerik .

Sports Clubs [ Edit ]

 * SCH '44 (football)
 * Dart Association The Pirates
 * Omni OKV
 * Volleybalvereniging OKV'71
 * Badmintonvereniging Triaq
 * Netball THOR
 * Tennis LTV Triaq
 * Petanque Association BY HAND
 * Youth Athletics ATHLOI

Cemeteries [ Edit ]

 * General Cemetery Leidsestraatweg
 * 'T Spijck

Born in Harmelen [ edit ]

 * Ellen van Dijk (1987), cyclist
 * Dico Koppers (1992), football player
 * Ad Moons (1917), athlete
 * Anita Nederlof (1990), singer and actress
 * Theo de Rooij (1957), cyclist and sports director

Works [ edit ]
Water Politically Harmelen fell from the Middle Ages to the 20th century in two parts: the polders Gerverscop, Breudijk, Old Country and Rooster district fell under theGreat Water Woerden, while Harmelen ( Polder Bijleveld ) Harmelerwaard and Reijerscop were part of Water Bijleveld . De Haan Wijkermeer Luis in the Old Rhine was the border between the two watersheds.