Oosterbeek

Oosterbeek is a town in , the , known best for Operation Market Garden and the Battle of . The birthplace of Dutch Impressionism, it is also home to a World War II museum and cemetery.
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  • Type: Town with 11,400 residents
  • Description: village in Renkum, Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 6861 and 6862

Places of Interest

Highlights include Airborne Museum ’Hartenstein’ and Oosterbeek railway station.

Museum
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The Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’ in Oosterbeek, The Netherlands is dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem in which the Allied Forces attempted to form a bridgehead on the northern banks of the Rhine river in September 1944.

Railway station
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Oosterbeek is a railway station located in Oosterbeek, . The station opened on 16 May 1845 and is on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway. The station was originally called Oosterbeek Hoog, as there was also a station called Oosterbeek Laag, meaning Lower Oosterbeek.

Cemetery
Photo: Sterkebak, CC BY 2.5.
The , more commonly known as the Airborne Cemetery, is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Oosterbeek, near , the Netherlands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doorwerth and Driel.

Village
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is a village in the eastern . It is located in the municipality of , , about 8 km west of and about 100 km southeast of Amsterdam.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of , approximately four kilometers southwest of on the south bank of the Rhine, in the Netherlands. is situated 3½ km southwest of Oosterbeek.

Village
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is a model village near in the municipality of , , the . The village is situated in a valley surrounded by forest.

Oosterbeek

Latitude
51.9884° or 51° 59′ 18″ north
Longitude
5.842° or 5° 50′ 31″ east
Population
11,400
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL OSB
Open location code
9F37XRQR+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 57444087
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2749503
Wiki­data ID
Q2218481
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Oosterbeek” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Oosterbeek”
  • Asturian: “Oosterbeek”
  • Bulgarian: “Остербек”
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  • Chinese: “Oosterbeek”
  • Chinese: “奥斯特贝克”
  • Chinese: “奧斯特貝克”
  • Chinese: “歐斯特貝克”
  • Czech: “Oosterbeek”
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  • Dutch: “Oosterbeek”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوستيربيك”
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  • Hebrew: “אוסטרבייק”
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  • Japanese: “オーステルベーク”
  • Ladin: “Oosterbeek”
  • Lithuanian: “Osterbekas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Oosterbeek”
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  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oosterbeek”
  • Persian: “اوستربیک”
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  • Russian: “Остербек”
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  • Turkish: “Oosterbeek”
  • Ukrainian: “Остербек”
  • Urdu: “آسٹر بیک”
  • Welsh: “Oosterbeek”
  • Western Frisian: “Oosterbeek”
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