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Het Hoge Veluwe Boek
by Nijhof, Wim H.
Wealthy Anton Kroller and his wife Helene Muller developed their extensive holdings in the central Dutch Veluwe region into the largest privately managed Dutch nature park, known as Het Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe. The 5,400 hectare estate turned 75 in 2010, reason to offer nature park enthusiasts an anniversary tour on the pages of this special edition. In every way, the park has earned an excellent reputation for its very unique pristine nature in a highly developed country, and for rare cultural manifestations such as Jachthuis Sint Hubertus, a castle, Museonder, a nature museum, Kröller-Müller Museum with its vast art holdings that includes an extensive outdoor sculpture collection, a series of wildlife observation posts, 43-kilometres of biking trails with an astounding 1,700 no charge rental bicycles available for visitors. The book, which details a wide range of aspects in 18 chapters, concludes with a section on plans for the future of the estate.
Hardcover, 384 pages, 360 illustrations, Dutch language, special import
USD 14.95 / CAD 19.95