Werkhoven

Werkhoven
Town
Windmill near Werkhoven Windmill near Werkhoven
Coat of arms of Werkhoven Coat of arms
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The village (dark green) and statistical district (light green) of Werkhoven in the municipality of Bunnik. The village (dark green) and statistical district (light green) of Werkhoven in the municipality of Bunnik.
Coordinates:
Country	Netherlands
Province	Utrecht
Municipality	Bunnik
Population (2001)
• Total	1,528
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	3985
Dialing code	0343

Werkhoven is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Bunnik, and lies about 5 km east of Houten.

In 2001, the town of Werkhoven had 1528 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.29 km², and contained 550 residences. The neighbourhood of Werkhoven, which covers the entire area of the former municipality, has about 2320 inhabitants.

Werkhoven used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Bunnik and Odijk in 1964.

Born in Werkhoven

• Coby van Baalen (*1957), Dutch equestrian.
• Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest (1739–1801), Dutch merchant and diplomat.
• John Oostrom, (born September 2, 1930), a former business executive and Canadian parliamentarian. He was the first Dutch-born Canadian elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Pictures

• Spilman werkoven.jpg

  Werkhoven in an engraving by Hendrik Spilman, 1773

• Beverweerd.jpg

  kasteel Beverweerd

• WerrekhoôveKerk.jpg

  Dorpskerk

• WerrekhoôveBrink.jpg

  De Brink

• Kaart Werkhoven 1860-1870.gif

  Werkhoven ca. 1865

• Skyline Werkhoven.jpg

  Skyline Werkhoven, 2008

• Werkhoven, watertoren foto6 2012-05-29 10.54.JPG

  Watertower

External links

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Werkhoven". Map of the former municipality in 1868.