De Veenhuis | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Nijkerk - De Veenhuis.svg |
Map Caption1: | De Veenhuis in the municipality of Nijkerk. |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gelderland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Nijkerk |
Coordinates: | 52.2181°N 5.4287°W |
Area Total Km2: | 5.83 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 240 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 3861 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 033 |
De Veenhuis is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Nijkerk, and lies about 6 km north of Amersfoort.[2]
It was first mentioned in 1453 as "op Veenhusen", and means "houses on the moorland".[3] The postal authorities have placed it under Nijkerk.[4] In 1840, it was home to 190 people. De Veenhuis has no place name signs, and nowadays consists of about 10 houses.[5]