Achterberg
Achterberg is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is part of the municipality of Rhenen and it lies about 5 km west of Wageningen. The village was first mentioned in 1417 as Achterbergh, and means " behind the hill".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Yaroslav Blanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhenen Ouwehands Dierenpark and Laarschenberg.
Rhenen Ouwehands Dierenpark
Zoo
Photo: Robert 1990, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ouwehands Dierenpark is a zoo in Rhenen, in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The zoo is located on the Laarschenberg, a "mountain" that makes up the south-eastern tip of the great Utrecht Hill Ridge.
Laarschenberg
Nature reserve
Photo: HendrikHeuvelrug, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Laarschenberg is a nature reserve.
Rhenen railway station
Railway station
Photo: Hdekroon, CC BY 2.5 nl.
Rhenen is a railway station located in Rhenen, Netherlands. The station was opened on 18 February 1886 and is located on the Kesteren–Amersfoort railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kesteren and Aalst.
Kesteren
Village
Photo: MichielverbeekNL, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
Kesteren is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Neder-Betuwe, and lies about 8 km southwest of Wageningen. Kesteren is situated 4 km south of Achterberg.
Aalst
Hamlet
Aalst is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Buren, and lies about 10 km southwest of Wageningen. Between 1811 and 1998, Aalst belonged to the municipality of Lienden. Aalst is situated 5 km southwest of Achterberg.
Wageningen
Photo: Carschten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wageningen is a town along the Rhine river within the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. Because of its famous agricultural university, it is more lively than one would expect from a Dutch town with 39,000 inhabitants.
Achterberg
- Type: Village with 3,690 residents
- Description: village in the Netherlands
- Category: locality
- Location: Rhenen, Utrecht Hill Ridge, Utrecht, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.97269° or 51° 58′ 22″ northLongitude
5.5863° or 5° 35′ 11″ eastPopulation
3,690Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
9F37XHFP+3GOpenStreetMap ID
node 44675647OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2760049Wikidata ID
Q2577103
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Achterberg” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Achterberg”
- Chinese: “Achterberg”
- Dutch: “Achterberg”
- French: “Achterberg”
- German: “Achterberg”
- Luxembourgish: “Achterberg”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Achterberg”
- Persian: “آختربرخ”
- Persian: “اکتربرگ”
- Western Frisian: “Achterberg”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Achterberg”. Photo: Yaroslav Blanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.