Driedorp | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Nijkerk - Driedorp.svg |
Map Caption1: | Driedorp 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: | 52.2066°N 5.5188°W |
Area Total Km2: | 5.35 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 340 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 3862 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 033 |
Driedorp is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Nijkerk, and lies about 10 km east of Amersfoort.[2]
It was first mentioned in 1874 as Driedorp and probably means "village of three houses".[3] The postal authorities have placed it under Nijkerk.[4] The village developed in the late 19th century, and used to have a railway stop from 1903 until 1933. A little church was built in 1867 and since 2010, it is an independent church, because it did not want to join the united Protestant Church in the Netherlands. In 2019, it won the competition for most beautiful place name in Gelderland.[5]