Oosterbeek: Battle of Arnhem Village on the Lower Rhine
September 1944 left an indelible mark on Oosterbeek. British airborne troops fought to hold the perimeter around the Hartenstein hotel during the Battle of Arnhem, and the building now houses the Airborne Museum. The Airborne Cemetery, with over 1,700 Commonwealth graves, and the annual Airborne March keep the memory present in this village of about 11,138 residents within the gemeente Renkum.
Beyond the wartime history, Oosterbeek is an affluent residential village. Villas stand among mature trees on the wooded slopes between the Veluwe and the Rhine. The Doorwerthse Heide and the river floodplains provide nature walks.
The village centre along the Utrechtseweg has shops and restaurants. The Dreyeroord conference centre occupies a former estate. Arnhem is about 5 kilometres east, Wageningen roughly 10 kilometres west across the Rhine.
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September 1944 left an indelible mark on Oosterbeek. British airborne troops fought to hold the perimeter around the Hartenstein hotel during the Battle of Arnhem, and the building now houses the Airborne Museum. The Airborne Cemetery, with over 1,700 Commonwealth graves, and the annual Airborne March keep the memory present in this village of about 11,138 residents within the gemeente Renkum.
Beyond the wartime history, Oosterbeek is an affluent residential village. Villas stand among mature trees on the wooded slopes between the Veluwe and the Rhine. The Doorwerthse Heide and the river floodplains provide nature walks.
The village centre along the Utrechtseweg has shops and restaurants. The Dreyeroord conference centre occupies a former estate. Arnhem is about 5 kilometres east, Wageningen roughly 10 kilometres west across the Rhine.
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