De Veenhuis
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De Veenhuis | |
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Hamlet | |
 De Veenhuis in the municipality of Nijkerk. | |
  De Veenhuis Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands  De Veenhuis De Veenhuis (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 52°13′05″N 5°25′43″E / 52.21807°N 5.42866°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Municipality | Nijkerk |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.83 km2 (2.25 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 240 |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3861[1] |
| Dialing code | 033 |
De Veenhuis is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Nijkerk, and lies about 6 km north of Amersfoort.[2]
It was first mentioned in 1453 as "op Veenhusen", and means "houses on the moorland".[3] The postal authorities have placed it under Nijkerk.[4] In 1840, it was home to 190 people. De Veenhuis has no place name signs, and nowadays consists of about 10 houses.[5]
