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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Otterlo
| settlement_type         = Village
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| native_name_lang        = nl
| image_skyline           = Ede-Otterlo, de Hervormde kerk RM14486 IMG 0043 2024-03-03 11.27.jpg
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| image_caption           = {{ill|Otterlo Reformed Church|nl|Hervormde kerk (Otterlo)}}
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| pushpin_map             = Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Netherlands
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| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gelderland]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Ede, Netherlands|Ede]]
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| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6731AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 22 March 2022 |archive-date = 7 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190107082041/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 28
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| area_total_km2          = 103.90
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 2,310
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 6731<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0318
| website                 = [http://www.otterlo.nl otterlo.nl]
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|6|1|N|5|46|21|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}
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'''Otterlo''' is a village in the municipality of [[Ede, Netherlands|Ede]] of province of [[Gelderland]] in the [[Netherlands]], in or near the [[Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe]].

The [[Kröller-Müller Museum]], named after [[Helene Kröller-Müller]], is situated nearby and has the world's second largest collection of [[Vincent van Gogh]] paintings.

Otterlo was a separate municipality until 1818, when it merged with Ede.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>

== History ==
=== Second World War ===
During the first four years of the war, Otterlo was relatively unharmed. The local resistance made use of a secret telephone connection from an electrician's house, which in 2021 still stands at the dorpsstraat, behind barber Prophitius, to communicate with the allies below the river [[Rhine]] (1944/1945). During the war, multiple families hid Jewish people from the Germans. One location was betrayed however, resulting in a raid in 1944 at the house 'De Lindenhof' at the Hoenderlooseweg.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} slagomotterlo.nl|url=https://slagomotterlo.nl/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=slagomotterlo.nl}}</ref> 

During the liberation of Netherlands in April 1945, Otterlo was the center of a fierce and bloody battle between German and British and Canadian soldiers. See the [[Battle of Otterlo]].

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://visitotterlo.com VisitOtterlo.com]
*[http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/second_world_war/clip/11424/ CBC Archives] - CBC Radio reporting from Otterlo April 17, 1945.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CgT9jFg7io The Battle of Otterlo (documentary)]

{{Dutch municipality Ede}}
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[[Category:Ede, Netherlands]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Gelderland]]


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