Amersfoort 作者：  来源：  发布时间：2021-04-28

一、所属省或是州，具体位置，人口，面积

Country Netherlands

Province  Utrecht

City rights 1259

Government

 • Body Municipal council

 • Mayor Lucas Bolsius (CDA)

Area

 • Municipality 63.86 km2 (24.66 sq mi)

 • Land 62.86 km2 (24.27 sq mi)

 • Water 1.00 km2 (0.39 sq mi)

Elevation 3 m (10 ft)

Population (Municipality, January 2019; Urban and Metro, May 2014)

 • Municipality 156,286

 • Density 2,486/km2 (6,440/sq mi)

 • Urban 180,539

 • Metro 287,110

Demonym(s) Amersfoorter(s)

Time zone UTC+1 (CET)

 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Postcode

3800–3829

Area code 033

Website www.amersfoort.nl

Area:  24.63 sq miles

二、自然地理（地理环境、自然资源，交通情况）

Amersfoort is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands and is situated at the eastern edge of the Randstad. As of 1 January 2019, the municipality had a population of 156,286, making it the second-largest of the province and fifteenth-largest of the country. Amersfoort is also one of the largest Dutch railway junctions with its three stations—Amersfoort Centraal, Schothorst and Vathorst—due to its location on two of the Netherlands' main east to west and north to south railway lines. The city was used during the 1928 Summer Olympics as a venue for the modern pentathlon events. Amersfoort marked its 750th anniversary as a city in 2009.

Central location and transportation hub

Amersfoort is located in the absolute center of the Netherlands. Its situation on the intersection of major highways provides easy access to the Amsterdam region, the international airport and other parts of the Netherlands. Neighboring country Germany is only an hour’s drive away. Amersfoort’s excellent railway connections make it less than an hour away from all major Dutch cities.

Bus

Bus services are provided by 3 firms: U-OV, Connexxion and Syntus. Connexxion provides services in town and to some destinations in the province of Utrecht, while Syntus offers connections to the province of Gelderland.

Rail

Amersfoort train station

Amersfoort has three railway stations:

Amersfoort, the main station, which has trains to Utrecht, Zwolle, Enschede, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Amsterdam, Schiphol and Leeuwarden/Groningen

Amersfoort Schothorst, to the north of Amersfoort station.

Amersfoort Vathorst, to the north of Amersfoort Schothorst.

Road

Two major motorways pass Amersfoort:

along the north, the A1 motorway (Amsterdam–Apeldoorn)

along the east, the A28 motorway (Utrecht–Groningen)

Water

The river Eem (pronounced roughly "aim") begins in Amersfoort, and the town has a port for inland water transport. The Eem connects to the nearby Eemmeer (Lake Eem). The Valleikanaal drains the eastern nl (Gelderse Vallei) and joins with other sources to form the Eem in Amersfoort

AMERSFOORT PORT

Country [NL] Netherlands

Longitude 5.37701°

Latitude 52.16318°

Area size: Large

Vessels In Port 3

Arrivals (24h) 2

Departures (24h) 1

Expected Arrivals 2

Local Time 2020-06-12 10:55 (UTC +01:00)

Timezone Europe/Amsterdam

三、经济发展和规模

Property Prices in Amersfoort, Netherlands

Center of the network economy

Over the years, many businesses have recognized the attractiveness of Amersfoort and have settled here. The city has a healthy economy, which is expected to grow by 10% in five years. Amersfoort has a vibrant economic climate where networking, collaboration and synergy are creating new opportunities.

Most competitive region in the European mainland

The three-yearly Regional Competitive Index of the European Commission shows a region’s potential to offer an attractive and sustainable environment for firms and residents to live and work in. Number 1 is London; number 2 is the Utrecht region.

The city has a healthy economy, which is expected to grow by 10% in five years. Amersfoort has a vibrant economic climate where networking, collaboration and synergy are creating new opportunities.

四、产业特点/重点项目

The city is a main location for several international companies:

Royal VolkerWessels Stevin N.V., a major European construction-services business.

FrieslandCampina, a Dutch dairy cooperative.

Royal HaskoningDHV, consultants and engineers.

Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, international hotel chain Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns and Resorts.

Nutreco, animal feed and human foodstuffs

Yokogawa Electric, an electrical engineering and software company, the European headquarters for which are located in Amersfoort

It also has a number of non-governmental organizations and foundations:

Christian Union, a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands.

Oikocredit, headquarters of global cooperative society, financing economic development focused on poverty alleviation.

Socialist Party, a left-wing social-democratic political party in The Netherlands.

KNLTB, the Dutch national lawn-tennis association.

Vereniging Eigen Huis, the largest home-owners association in the Netherlands; with 700,000 members, it is also the largest in the world

1, Royal VolkerWessels Stevin N.V., a major European construction-services business.  It is privately owned by the Wessels Family (42.5%), CVC Capital Partners (42.5%) and management (15%).

FrieslandCampina, a Dutch dairy cooperative.

Type: Cooperative

Industry: Food

Founded: FrieslandCampina: Dec 2008

Headquarters: Amersfoort, Netherlands

Key people: Roelof Joosten, CEO/Member of the Executive Board

Products: Dairy

Revenue: €11.4 billion (2013)

Number of employees: approx. 22,000

Website: FrieslandCampina.com

It is the result of a merger between Royal Friesland Foods and Campina in December 2008. Main brands include Friesche Vlag, Chocomel, Fristi, Dutch Lady, Appelsientje, Milner, Campina, Landliebe, Optimel and Mona. FrieslandCampina is the world’s largest dairy co-operative and one of the top 5 dairy companies in the world with annual revenue of 11.4 billion euro. FrieslandCampina has offices in 28 countries and employs a total of 21,186 people. FrieslandCampina’s products find their way to more than 100 countries.

2, Royal HaskoningDHV, consultants and engineers.

Royal HaskoningDHV is an international, non-listed engineering consultancy firm with headquarters in Amersfoort, Netherlands. It has 100 offices in 35 countries, employing more than 7,000 professionals worldwide.

Royal HaskoningDHV is active in planning, transport, infrastructure, water, maritime, aviation, industry, energy, mining and buildings. It is one of Europe's leading project management, engineering and consultancy service providers, ranking globally in the top 10 of independently owned, non-listed companies and top 40 overall.

3, Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, international hotel chain Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns and Resorts.

Nutreco, animal feed and human foodstuffs

Yokogawa, an electrical engineering and software company, the European headquarters for which are located in Amersfoort

Amersfoort is now a centre for poultry raising and market gardening, and since World War II there has been rapid development of light industry, chiefly the manufacture of metals and chemicals.

Diversity in professionalism

Amersfoort is home to a wide range of industries. Some sectors have a particularly strong foothold in this region, making it attractive for related organizations to follow. We also see a lot of energy from small and medium-sized businesses and start-ups.

A, Life sciences and health

Amersfoort accommodates a great many businesses operating in life sciences and health. They value the presence of a young, highly qualified, multilingual workforce and the synergy that arises when medical training programs, healthcare institutions and allied companies are concentrated together.

Companies in this sector in Amersfoort

Amersfoort harbors a wide diversity of companies operating in life sciences and health. Some established names include the following: Johnson & Johnson, Applied Medical (medical devices); Cabot Corporation (known for producing Norit); Ormco (orthodontic appliances and supplies); 3Medical (medical technology products); Cerus Corporation (biomedical products); Hollister (medical products); and Famed (financial healthcare partners). Foundations specializing in medical research and information include the Lung Foundation Netherlands, the Dutch Foundation for Stomach, Liver and Intestine Diseases, the Diabetes Foundation, Alzheimer’s Netherlands and CliniClowns Netherlands.

B,  ICT in Amersfoort

Amersfoort has a strong focus on ICT. It has an excellent optical fiber cable network, and its executives stimulate digital transformation.

Smart city

The Amersfoort ICT sector is growing in both size and scope. The local government undertakes to boost the digital transformation by providing superior IT infrastructures and by pursuing an active ICT-sector recruitment policy. Its top priorities are relatively new developments, such as geodata and smart mobility technologies. Wherever feasible, companies share knowledge and collaborate on innovations. Smart minds gather in Amersfoort every year on IT Innovation Day, which attracts ICT leaders from all over the country.

Geosector opts for Amersfoort

Geo-information has a major impact on our everyday lives: Google Maps, satellite navigation, traffic information, utilities, all of these are fed by geodata. Many geo-related businesses are clustered in Amersfoort, such as Royal HaskoningDHV, Arcadis, Sweco, Neo, Vicrea, Geomaat, StrateGis and Simacan. This range comprises major engineering companies and companies that generate or implement information. The industry association GeoBusiness Netherlands connects all major parties involved, including the government, science and education. This sector, concentrating in Amersfoort, is a fast grower.

Companies in this sector in Amersfoort

Major innovative players in ICT have chosen to settle in the Amersfoort region: Geonovum (geo- information standards); Afas (business software); Trans Link Systems (smart mobility); Vicrea (geo information systems and smart city solutions); ANVA (software in insurance business); Improvive (digital media); EDSN (energy data services); Polteq (software testing specialists); Sqills (mobility software); and GeoBusiness NL (business association for companies working with geodata). The presence of hundreds of small and medium-sized ICT businesses is another huge advantage.

C,  Civil engineering

Amersfoort is home to a wide range of companies operating in construction, infrastructure and civil engineering. Companies working in these domains are supplementary and undertake major projects all over the world, from Dubai to Amsterdam.

Think big, act big

Building requires a lot of space, both physically and mentally. The major concentration of businesses operating in construction, infrastructure and civil engineering in Amersfoort is no coincidence. Its central location; its space; its highly qualified population: these are the reasons why leading construction firms have decided to settle in Amersfoort. Combined specialized knowledge sparks valuable collaborations and synergies.

An interesting specialism is the transformation of buildings that have lost their original purpose but are upgraded into something new. The National Center for Heritage Education in Amersfoort is dedicated to high-quality education in this domain.

From the Coen tunnel to Mount Kilimanjaro

The contractors and engineering companies located in Amersfoort operate all over the world. Arcadis, for instance, helped to build the North-South subway line and the second Coen tunnel in Amsterdam, but the company was also instrumental in building the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai and the high-speed railway in Taiwan. Royal HaskoningDHV’s operating range includes Mount Kilimanjaro. VolkerWessels, the second-largest contractor of the Netherlands, takes on projects from Manchester to Mexico.

Companies in this sector in Amersfoort

Major companies located in Amersfoort include: Arcadis (European branch), Royal HaskoningDHV (global head office), VolkerWessels (head office, second largest contractor of the Netherlands), Croonwolter&dros (head office, specialist in infrastructural engineering). There are also a lot of suppliers and smaller engineering firms in and around Amersfoort.

More sectors

Amersfoort hosts a wide variety of organizations ranging from finance to the art sector, from logistics to retail, and a large number of entrepreneurs.

Companies in this sector in Amersfoort:  

The business services sector is represented in Amersfoort by companies such as Rabobank, ABN AMRO, TwynstraGudde, Vesting Finance and RAET. The creative sector is represented by architectural firms, photographers, animation and filmmakers, festival organizers, website builders and copywriters, and craft-based businesses, such as woodworkers and steelworkers. Amersfoort’s most prominent museums include Kunsthal KAdE, Mondriaan’s birth house and the National Military Museum. For shopaholics, the city center offers a pleasant array of chain stores and independent shops, attracting huge crowds from the regional vicinity. Well-known start-ups that had their origins in Amersfoort are the Picnic online supermarket, the Tranzer public transport app and On The Rocks, which produces rockbooks made of stonepaper.

A connective role

In 2007, GeoBusiness Netherlands arose out of a merger of the Geo-Information Business Platform and the Dutch Society for Geodesy. The association now represents the interests of well over 90 companies operating in this industry. Thanks to GeoBusiness’s connective role, these companies are now increasingly collaborating, aiming to improve their utilization of geo-information, increase their market volume and keep an eye on market forces.

五、风景名胜，景点

Museums

1, The Mondriaan House: birthplace of the painter Piet Mondriaan. Exhibits a lifesize reconstruction of his workshop in Paris. Some temporary shows and work by artists inspired by the painter.

2, Flehite: historic, educational and temporary exhibitions behind a splendid facade. The museum closed in 2007 due to asbestos contamination. It was refurbished and reopened in May 2009.

3, Zonnehof: small elegant modernist building designed by Gerrit Rietveld on an eponymous square just south of the centre with temporary exhibitions of mostly contemporary art.(closed)

4, Armando Museum: work by the painter Armando who lived in Amersfoort as a child in a renovated church building. Most of the church and the art on exhibition was destroyed in a fire on 22 October 2007.

5, Dutch Cavalry Museum: museum in 475 years old barracks. Most other military museums in the Netherlands got absorbed into the National Military Museum (Nationaal Militair Museum), but the cavalry museum has stood strong. It shows Dutch cavalry and tanks.

6, Culinary Museum (was closed in 2006).

7, Kunsthal KAdE: a modern art exhibition hall.

Other

The city has a zoo, DierenPark Amersfoort, which was founded in 1948. Amersfoort is the greenest city in the Netherlands.

Kunsthal KAdE

Add: Eemplein 77, 3812 EA Amersfoort

Tel:  +31 33 4225030

Entrance fee: € 12.50

Kunsthal KAdE offers exhibitions in the field of contemporary/modern art, architecture, design and contemporary visual culture. Kunsthal KAdE has no collection of its own, but with its exhibitions is oriented outward and open to impulses from all over the world.

Mondriaanhuis

Add:  Korte gracht 11, 3811 KG Amersfoort

Tel:  +31 33 4600170

Entrance fee: € 12.50

Tue-Sun 11am - 5pm

The Mondriaanhuis is the birth house of Piet Mondrian and a museum experience for young and old alike. In addition to a small collection of its own, the Mondriaanhuis has two larger collections on perpetual loan.

 Museum Flehite

Add: Westsingel 50, 3811 BC Amersfoort

Tel:  +31 33 247 11 00

Entrance fee: € 12.50

Tue-Sun 11am-5pm

 Museum Flehite is the (art) historical museum of the city of Amersfoort. Located in three historical buildings, the museum shows the history of the city and always brings exhibitions with (inter) national art dating from the period of 1850 to 1950.

六、历史文化

Hunter gatherers set up camps in the Amersfoort region in the Mesolithic period. Archaeologists have found traces of these camps, such as the remains of hearths, and sometimes microlithic flint objects, to the north of the city.

Remains of settlements in the Amersfoort area from around 1000 BC have been found, but the name Amersfoort, after a ford in the Amer River, today called the Eem, did not appear until the 11th century. The city grew around what is now known as the central square, the Hof, where the Bishops of Utrecht established a court in order to control the "nl (Gelderse Vallei)" area. It was granted city rights in 1259 by the bishop of Utrecht, Henry I van Vianden. A first defensive wall, made out of brick, was finished around 1300. Soon after, the need for enlargement of the city became apparent and around 1380 the construction of a new wall was begun and completed around 1450. The famous Koppelpoort, a combined land and water gate, is part of this second wall. The first wall was demolished and houses were built in its place. Today's Muurhuizen (wallhouses) Street is at the exact location of the first wall; the fronts of the houses are built on top of the first city wall's foundations.

The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwentoren tower is one of the tallest medieval church towers in the Netherlands at 98 metres (322 ft). The construction of the tower and the church was started in 1444. The church was destroyed by an explosion in 1787, but the tower survived, and the layout of the church still can be discerned today through the use of different types of stone in the pavement of the open space that was created. It is now the reference point of the RD coordinate system, the coordinate grid used by the Dutch topographical service: the RD coordinates are (155.000, 463.000).

The inner city of Amersfoort has been preserved well since the Middle Ages. Apart from the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren, the Koppelpoort, and the Muurhuizen (Wall-houses), there is also the Sint-Joriskerk (Saint George's church), the canal-system with its bridges, as well as medieval and other old buildings; many are designated as national monuments. In the Middle Ages, Amersfoort was an important centre for the textile industry, and there were a large number of breweries.

In the 18th century the city flourished because of the cultivation of tobacco, but from about 1800 onwards began to decline. The decline was halted by the establishment of the first railway connection in 1863, and, some years later, by the building of a substantial number of infantry and cavalry barracks, which were needed to defend the western cities of the Netherlands. After the 1920s growth stalled again, until in 1970 the national government designated Amersfoort, then numbering some 70,000 inhabitants, as a "growth city". In 2009 the population was 140,000 plus, with an expected 150,000 by 2012.

Second World War

Since Amersfoort was the largest garrison town in the Netherlands before the outbreak of the Second World War, with eight barracks, and part of the main line of defence, the whole population of then 43,000 was evacuated ahead of the expected invasion by the Germans in May 1940. After four days of battle, the population was allowed to return.

There was a functioning Jewish community in the town, at the beginning of the war numbering about 700 people. Half of them were deported and killed, mainly in Auschwitz and Sobibor. In 1943, the synagogue, dating from 1727, was severely damaged on the orders of the then Nazi-controlled city government. It was restored and opened again after the war, and has been served since by a succession of rabbis.

There was a concentration camp near the city of Amersfoort during the war. The camp, officially called Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort (Police Transit Camp Amersfoort), better known as Kamp Amersfoort, was actually located in the neighbouring municipality of Leusden. After the war the leader of the camp, Joseph Kotälla, served a life sentence in prison. He died in captivity in 1979.

Origin of Keistad (Boulder-city)

The nickname for Amersfoort, Keistad (boulder-city), originates in the Amersfoortse Kei, a 9-tonne (19,842 lb) boulder that was dragged from the Soest moors into the city in 1661 by 400 people because of a bet between two landowners. The people got their reward when the winner bought everyone beer and pretzels. Other nearby towns then nicknamed the people of Amersfoort Keientrekker (boulder-dragger/puller). This story embarrassed the inhabitants, and they buried the boulder in the city in 1672, but after it was found again in 1903 it was placed in a prominent spot as a monument. There are not many boulders in the Netherlands, so it can be regarded as an icon.

七、其他信息

Sports

Amersfoort had its own professional football (soccer) club named HVC Amersfoort. It was founded on 30 July 1973, but disbanded on 30 June 1982 because of financial problems. The city also hosted the riding part of the modern pentathlon event for the 1928 Summer Olympics.[16] Amersfoort also hosted the Dutch Open (tennis) tournament from 2002 till its end in 2008.

Amersfoort in 10 compelling facts

1. Amersfoort has a vibrant economic climate and is the home of leading international and regional headquarters of companies such as RoyalHaskoningDHV, Yokogawa, Applied Medical, RoyalFrieslandCampina and Nutreco.

2.The city hosts a wide variety of industries, including ICT, finance, health, fast moving consumer goods, food and non-profit organizations. Many start-ups and scale-ups have originated and developed in Amersfoort.

3. Amersfoort’s central location in the Netherlands makes it a major public transportation hub and a strategically located crossroads of major highways. It is close to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and efficiently connected to all parts of the country, as well as to neighbouring Germany.

4.Amersfoort is situated in the heart of the Utrecht region. According to the European Commission’s regional competitiveness index, this is the most competitive region of mainland Europe. The Utrecht region is especially commended for its infrastructure and innovation.

5. Amersfoort is an expanding city that currently has 156,000 inhabitants and is expected to grow to 180,000 inhabitants by 2030. Approximately 325,000 people live in its immediate economic vicinity.

6.The city has a healthy economy, which is expected to grow by another 10% in the next 5 years.

7.The historical city centre, over 750 year old, offers excellent contemporary services: shopping, lifestyle, entertainment, theatres, museums, bars, restaurants and a lively cultural scene.

8. The Amersfoort Business Districts offers state-of-the-art business facilities, several right next to the city’s modern train station and just a walk away from the historical centre.

9.Amersfoort itself hosts a university of applied sciences and there are four renowned universities within a 50 km radius. Forty-nine per cent of the Amersfoort labour force have academic or higher vocational degrees.

10. Renowned business magazine Elsevier ranked Amersfoort the best Dutch city to live and work in.

八、联系方式

Mayor:Lucas Bolsius

Born: Dec 16, 1958

Office: Burgomaster

Telephone: (017) 753-1006

Fax: (017) 753-1602

Email: info@amersfoort.nl

Address:  Bree St. Ezamokuhle. Amersfoort. Mpumalanga. 2490

Facebook: gemeenteamersfoort

www.Amersfoort.nl.