Driehuis

Driehuis

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Driehuis is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland; part of the municipality of Velsen, it lies about 8 km north of Haarlem and 15 km west-northwest of Amsterdam.

Driehuis is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland; part of the municipality of Velsen, it lies about 8 km north of Haarlem and 15 km west-northwest of Amsterdam.

Transportation

In 1957, Driehuis railway station opened on the Haarlem to Uitgeest railway line.

Natives from Driehuis

Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002), author, professor and politician, assassinated during Dutch general election of 2002. Stella de Heij (1968), former field hockey player. The ashes of Anthony Fokker were brought in 1940 to Westerveld Cemetery in Driehuis, where they were buried in the family grave. Christine Buisman, the phytopathologist who discovered the cause of Dutch elm disease, is also buried in the cemetery.

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