Doornsteeg | |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood and Hamlet |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Nijkerk - Doornsteeg.svg |
Map Caption1: | Doornsteeg 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: | 52.2303°N 5.4517°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 2 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.78 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 1,265 |
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 |
Doornsteeg is a neighbourhood of Nijkerk and a hamlet in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Nijkerk, and lies about 8 km northeast of Amersfoort.[3]
It was first mentioned in 1556 as Dorenstege, and means "thorny path".[4] The hamlet consists of about 25 houses. Since 2016, Nijkerk has started to build a new neighbourhood near the hamlet. It will consists of about 1,200 houses and cover an area of .[5]