Barneveld: Poultry Capital and Reformed Community on the Veluwe Edge
Barneveld has roughly 35,100 inhabitants and lies in the Gelderse Vallei in Gelderland, between the Veluwe and the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. The municipality is the centre of the Dutch poultry industry, with egg and chicken farming deeply embedded in the local economy. The Pluimveemuseum documents this history. Barneveld also has a strong orthodox Reformed character, with church attendance rates well above the national average.
The town gained wider recognition through Jan van Schaffelaar, who according to legend jumped from a church tower in 1482 during a siege rather than surrender. A monument marks the event. Kasteel De Schaffelaar, a 19th-century country house, sits in an estate on the edge of town.
Amersfoort is about 20 kilometres southwest. Ede lies roughly 15 kilometres south. The A1 motorway passes just north of the municipality, connecting to Amsterdam and the east.
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Barneveld has roughly 35,100 inhabitants and lies in the Gelderse Vallei in Gelderland, between the Veluwe and the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. The municipality is the centre of the Dutch poultry industry, with egg and chicken farming deeply embedded in the local economy. The Pluimveemuseum documents this history. Barneveld also has a strong orthodox Reformed character, with church attendance rates well above the national average.
The town gained wider recognition through Jan van Schaffelaar, who according to legend jumped from a church tower in 1482 during a siege rather than surrender. A monument marks the event. Kasteel De Schaffelaar, a 19th-century country house, sits in an estate on the edge of town.
Amersfoort is about 20 kilometres southwest. Ede lies roughly 15 kilometres south. The A1 motorway passes just north of the municipality, connecting to Amsterdam and the east.
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