- Amerongen
Amerongen (coord|52|0|N|5|28|E|type:city(5169)) is a village in the central
Netherlands in the recently formed national park of theUtrechtse Heuvelrug . It lies about 7 km south west ofVeenendaal (10.5 km by road).The landscape rises from the flat water meadows of the 'Neder'
Rhine to the hillyUtrechtse Heuvelrug . The highest point in the western Netherlands is located 2 km east of the village. TheAmerongense Berg (mountain) has a height of 69 metres above sea level. The former emperor ofGermany , Wilhelm II, who had been exiled to the Netherlands, lived in the Amerongen castle from November 1918 until May 1920.Until January 1, 2006, Amerongen was a separate municipality, which covered the village of Amerongen itself, Overberg, and the western part of the village of Elst. Elst has been transferred to the municipality of
Rhenen ; the largest part of the municipality has merged with four other municipalities to form Utrechtse Heuvelrug.In 2001, the village of Amerongen had 5169 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 1.21 km², and contained 2072 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm] . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.]
"Amerongen", "Van Amerongen" and "Van NieuwAmerongen" are last names that possibly indicate that their ancestors emigrated from this area.
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ut/amerongen.html Map of the municipality in 1868]
References
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