Facts and figures

Known to few, De Hoge Veluwe National Park is a privately-owned land and an independent Foundation that can use government subsidies to only a limited extent. The Park and its continued existence more or less depend on paying visitors. This page lists the main figures with regard to the Park and its organisation and how the Park continues to abide by the vision of the Kröller-Müller couple.
 

The Foundation

Task

The task of the Foundation is to preserve the inheritance of the Kröller-Müller couple in the widest sense of the word.

Objectives

• Conserve the Park as a natural monument
• Offering space to visual arts and architecture, with the Foundation pursuing synergy between nature and culture
• Recreation: allowing the visitors to enjoy nature and culture

All this is subject to a single condition: operations and management are autonomous and financially independent. 

The Park

Surface area

The Park comprises 5,000 hectares of woodland, heathland, drift sands and peat bogs and is entirely fenced off. The Park property also includes 400 hectares in the direct vicinity (including the Otterlose Bos). 

Wildlife population

The big game population (larger mammals) consists of:

• 200 red game (deer)
• 150 fawn game (roe)
• 50 black game (wild boar)
• 200 mouflons (Corsican sheep)

These figures are spring population figures. Later on in the year, the total big game population is about 35% higher in connection with newly born animals. 

Activities

• Managing nature and landscapes in the broadest sense of the word, thus both flora and fauna
• Receiving and informing guests at the three entrances
• Organising the Visitor Centre and the corresponding Museonder with activities aimed at providing information and education
• Managing Jachthuis Sint Hubertus
• Running the rural campsite
• Managing a restaurant (outsourced to a catering company)
• Maintenance and free distribution of 1700 White Bikes, a trademark of the Park
• Managing the infrastructure
• Supervising the Park

De Hoge Veluwe National Park and the Kröller-Müller Museum work closely together. 

Finances

De Hoge Veluwe National Park is, in accordance with the wishes of the Kröller-Müllers, autonomous and largely financially independent. Revenues are mainly generated through paying visitors to the Park.

De Hoge Veluwe receives government subsidies to a limited extent only. Maintenance of Jachthuis Sint Hubertus is funded by the Government Buildings Agency. In order to achieve the objectives, the Foundation charges its visitors an entrance fee on the basis of the ‘user pays’ principle. As a result, visitors contribute to the sustained preservation of the Park.

The Foundation is a non-profit organisation. Any exploitation surpluses are invested in the Park. 

Some key figures

• EUR 5.121.289 turnover (2010)
• 505,667 visitors (2010)
• 1,700 White Bikes
• 5 types of bats
• 5,000 hectares of nature (fenced off) + 400 ha outside the fences
• 3,200 hectares of woodland
• 2,100 hectares of heathland
• 60 hectares of drift sands
• 43 kilometres of cycle path
• 50 guides (in Jachthuis Sint Hubertus)
• 7 game observation posts
• 5 wheelchair bicycles
• 350 active volunteers
• 2,100 members of the Friends of De Hoge Veluwe Foundation
• Three entrances: Hoenderloo, Otterlo and Schaarsbergen
• 50 White Sleighs
• 2 patrol dogs
• 30,000 visitors to Jachthuis Sint Hubertus per year

Organisation

51 FTE, equalling 58 permanent members of staff and 25 seasonal workers in 2010.
Volunteers: 350 members of the Friends of De Hoge Veluwe Foundation. This Foundation supports the Park with voluntary activities. A further 125 volunteers are active through the Dutch AA (ANWB). 

Management Team

• Mr S.E. baron van Voorst tot Voorst, Director
• Mr H. Beukhof, Deputy Director/ Head of Staff Services
• Mr J.R.K. Leidekker, Head of Operations
• Ms M.M. Kokke MBA, Head of Visitors Management

Board of Supervisors

• Mr F.H. Schreve, Chairman
• H.D. Tjeenk Willink, Vice-Chairman
• D.L. Berlijn
• Ms A.M. Fentener van Vlissingen
• C.J.A. van Lede
• Th. Spek

Board of Advisors

• Mr L.P. Louwe Kooijmans, Chairman
• Mr C.P. Buijink, Secretary General, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
• C.G. Cornielje, Queen's Commissioner in the Province of Gelderland
• H.A. Doek, Chairman of the Foundation Geldersch Landschap/Geldersche Kasteelen
• O.O. Gorter, former chairman of Gelders Particulier Grondbezit
• Mr G.J. de Graaf, Mayor of the Municipality of Apeldoorn
• Mr A.P.J.M. van Hooff, Director of Burgers' Zoo
• C.M. Jaski
• Mr C. van der Knaap, Mayor of the Municipality of Ede
• M.J.J.A.A. Korthals, Professor of Applied Philosophy
• Ms P.C. Krikke, Mayor of the Municipality of Arnhem
• W.J. Kuijken, Delta Commissioner
• J.H. Kuper, Chief Forrester of HM the Queen, Het Loo Crown Estate
• Ms K.H. Ollongren, Secretary General, Ministry of General Affairs
• S.A. Reinink, Director of Het Concertgebouw
• E.J. van Straaten, Director of the Kröller-Müller Museum
• Mr J.G. Trapman, chartered accountant, Chairman of Friends of De Hoge Veluwe Foundation
• H.E.M. Vrolijk, Lawyer at Nauta Dutilh Rotterdam

Nature Management Advisory Committee

• G.J. Borger, Chairman
• J. Bokdam
• G.W.T.A. Groot Bruinderink
• J. Snoijink
• N. Visser