Ugchelen
Ugchelen is part of the municipality of Apeldoorn in the Gelderland province of the Netherlands, and is today seen as a neighbourhood of Apeldoorn.
Ugchelen is located South West of Apeldoorn and has about 7000 inhabitants. Like Apeldoorn, the old village thanked its growth to the paper industry, it had a total of 11 watermills. In 1958 a 70-meter high transmission tower was built, the Zendstation Ugchelen. In 2006 it received a new water mill called The Bouwhof Mill.
The most important hospital in the region, Gelre hospital, is located next to Ugchelen.
Notable people
- Robin Linschoten, politician (VVD) (born 17 April 1956 in Ugchelen)
- Peter Bosz, manager with Olympique Lyonnais and ex-trainer of AGOVV Apeldoorn and ex-professional soccer player with Feyenoord (born 21 November 1963 in Apeldoorn)
- Medy van der Laan, politician (D66) (born 14 August 1968 in Spijkenisse)
- Jan Kromkamp, professional soccer player with PSV (born 17 August 1980 in Makkinga)
- Jaime Bruinier, professional soccer player with AGOVV (born 28 June 1987 in Ugchelen)
Gallery
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Caesarea chapel -
Altena factory -
Forest office -
Leesterheide
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
Three entries
- ^ "Postcodetool for 7339AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Nederlands televisienet wordt steeds dichter: straalverbindingstoren bij Ugchelen weldra gereed". De Maasbode. 1958-02-28. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ Gert Woutersen (2021-03-13). "Ugchelen, Nieuws en informatie uit Ugchelen en Ugchelense Organisaties en Verenigingen". Ugchelen.org. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
External links
Media related to Ugchelen at Wikimedia Commons- Official site (in Dutch)
