Renkum_(village)

Renkum (village)

Renkum (village)

Place in Gelderland, Netherlands

Renkum is the name of a village in the municipality of Renkum.

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Reformed church in Renkum

In the early days, the name of the village was written as Redinchem. In the 19th century, Renkum developed itself. There existed six paper mills, three water-cornmills and one water-oil mill. There were two factories, a treacle factory and a potato starch-flour factory.

During World War II, Renkum was involved in the Battle of Arnhem.[2][3][4]

Notable people from Renkum

References

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    http://www.renkum.nl/dsresource?type=pdf&objectid=7db67823-b73e-423f-b44c-ff8bd993206d&versionid=&subobjectname=
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    Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Parachutes in Holland Telefoonweg Renkum LZ-X and Z september 17th 1944. YouTube.
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    "Landingen van parachutisten en zweefvliegtuigen - Liberation Route Europe". liberationroute.nl. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.
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    Kershaw, Robert (1990). It Never Snows In September. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2167-8.
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    IMDb Database retrieved 02 December 2019


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