Driehuis
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| subdivision_name1 = North Holland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Velsen
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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.
History
It was first mentioned in 1680 as Drie Huysen, and means "three houses".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/driehuis |title=Driehuis – (geografische naam)|website=Etymologiebank |access-date=2 May 2022 |language=nl}} Driehuizen developed in the 19th century at an intersection of roads. It is mainly a commuter's town.{{cite news|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu11_01/sten009monu11_01_0057.php |title=Driehuis |author=Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2006 |language=nl |access-date=2 May 2022}}
The Catholic St Engelmundus Church is a three aisled basilica-like church constructed between 1893 and 1894 in Gothic Revival style. Estate Schoonenberg was originally the 18th century gardener's house of the old estate. The old estate was demolished in 1829 and the gardener's house was extended in chalet style in 1859 and 1869. The park was layout around 1800.
The village is home to the {{ill|Westerveld Cemetery|nl|Westerveld (begraafplaats)}}, a Dutch national heritage site.
Transportation
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.
Gallery
File:Tuinmanswoning Beeckestijn Velsen-Zuid.jpg|Gardener's house of Beeckestijn
File:Villa Westerveld.JPG|Villa Westerveld