Lunteren | |
|---|---|
 The old church in Lunteren and the immediate surroundings | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Lunteren Location in the Netherlands  Lunteren Lunteren (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 52°5′14″N 5°37′19″E / 52.08722°N 5.62194°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Municipality | Ede |
| Area | |
• Total | 50.95 km2 (19.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 13,775 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6741[1] |
| Dialing code | 0318 |
Lunteren is a town in Gelderland, the Netherlands. It has a railway station on the line between Amersfoort and Ede.
It is well known for three conference centres in the vicinity, including Het Bosgoed, which mostly hosts academic conferences and De Werelt Congress Hotel.
It is also famous because the Geographical Center of the Netherlands is located northeast of the village, and because the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands ("NSB") held their annual Hagespraken (propagandistic open-air meetings) there between 1936 and 1940. In 1938, the NSB built what is known as the Muur van Mussert ("wall of Mussert") there, which was planned as the first step in a large conglomeration of buildings and monuments for the party.[3]
Lunteren was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with Ede.[4]
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 6741AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Cultuur: De muur van Mussert" (in Dutch). EenVandaag. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.