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Driebergen is a former village and municipality in the Netherlands province of Utrecht. It is first mentioned as Thriberghen in 1159.Hans Sleeuwenhoek en Henk Jan Derksen, "van boerengehucht tot forensendorp",De Stichtse/Drukkerij De Jong,2009. The former municipality of Driebergen existed until 1931, when it merged with Rijsenburg, to create the new municipality of Driebergen-Rijsenburg.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. In later years, due to growth of the villages of Driebergen and Rijsenburg, the villages themselves also merged, to become the single town of Driebergen-Rijsenburg. Since 2006, Driebergen-Rijsenburg has been part of the new municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug. Driebergen-Rijsenburg also houses the Driebergen Forest and Rijsenburg Forest in which the ('heather garden') is also located.
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