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	The '''Grand Orient of the Netherlands''' or '''Grand East of the Netherlands''' ([[Dutch language\|Dutch]]: ''Orde van Vrijmetselaren onder het Grootoosten der Nederlanden'') is a [[Freemasonry\|Masonic]] [[Grand Lodge]] in the Netherlands. It falls within the mainstream Anglo-American tradition of Freemasonry, being recognized by The [[United Grand Lodge of England]]<ref>[http://www.ugle.org.uk/provinces/olodges/euro.htm Foreign Grand Lodges Recognised by The United Grand Lodge of England - Europe] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040221181010/http://www.ugle.org.uk/provinces/olodges/euro.htm \|date=2004-02-21 }} Accessed 10 August 2008</ref> and the 51 Grand Lodges in the United States. In addition to its jurisdiction over nine districts<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/tabid/619/Default.aspx \|title=Regio's \|access-date=2008-08-11 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212003757/http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/tabid/619/Default.aspx \|archive-date=2012-02-12 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> in the Netherlands, it also administers three Lodges in Suriname through the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suriname,<ref name="vrijmetselarij.nl">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Provincialegrootloges/tabid/593/Default.aspx \|title=Provinciale grootloges \|access-date=2008-08-11 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011644/http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Provincialegrootloges/tabid/593/Default.aspx \|archive-date=2013-12-03 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> three lodges in [[Curaçao]], one in [[South Africa]], one in [[Thailand]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/BuitenNederland/tabid/1189/Default.aspx?regio=BN \|title=Buiten Nederland \|access-date=2008-08-11 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025154438/http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/BuitenNederland/tabid/1189/Default.aspx?regio=BN \|archive-date=2008-10-25 }}</ref> and through the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Caribbean, three lodges in Aruba and one in St. Maarten.<ref name="vrijmetselarij.nl"/> In the Netherlands it claims to have 145 lodges with 5,792 members.<ref name="stichtingargus.nl">[http://www.stichtingargus.nl/vrijmetselarij/ovo_en.html Orde van Vrijmetselaren onder het Grootoosten der Nederlanden], English language version</ref>		The '''Grand Orient of the Netherlands''' or '''Grand East of the Netherlands''' ([[Dutch language\|Dutch]]: ''Orde van Vrijmetselaren onder het Grootoosten der Nederlanden'') is a [[Freemasonry\|Masonic]] [[Grand Lodge]] in the Netherlands. It falls within the mainstream Anglo-American tradition of Freemasonry, being recognized by The [[United Grand Lodge of England]]<ref>[http://www.ugle.org.uk/provinces/olodges/euro.htm Foreign Grand Lodges Recognised by The United Grand Lodge of England - Europe] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040221181010/http://www.ugle.org.uk/provinces/olodges/euro.htm \|date=2004-02-21 }} Accessed 10 August 2008</ref> and the 51 Grand Lodges in the United States. In addition to its jurisdiction over nine districts<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/tabid/619/Default.aspx \|title=Regio's \|access-date=2008-08-11 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212003757/http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/tabid/619/Default.aspx \|archive-date=2012-02-12 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> in the Netherlands, it also administers three Lodges in Suriname through the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suriname,<ref name="vrijmetselarij.nl">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Provincialegrootloges/tabid/593/Default.aspx \|title=Provinciale grootloges \|access-date=2008-08-11 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011644/http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Provincialegrootloges/tabid/593/Default.aspx \|archive-date=2013-12-03 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> three lodges in [[Curaçao]], one in [[South Africa]], one in [[Thailand]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/BuitenNederland/tabid/1189/Default.aspx?regio=BN \|title=Buiten Nederland \|access-date=2008-08-11 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025154438/http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/BuitenNederland/tabid/1189/Default.aspx?regio=BN \|archive-date=2008-10-25 }}</ref> and through the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Caribbean, three lodges in Aruba and one in St. Maarten.<ref name="vrijmetselarij.nl"/> In the Netherlands it claims to have 145 lodges with 5,792 members.<ref name="stichtingargus.nl">[http://www.stichtingargus.nl/vrijmetselarij/ovo_en.html Orde van Vrijmetselaren onder het Grootoosten der Nederlanden], English language version</ref>

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The '''Grand Orient of the Netherlands''' or '''Grand East of the Netherlands''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Orde van Vrijmetselaren onder het Grootoosten der Nederlanden'') is a [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] [[Grand Lodge]] in the Netherlands. It falls within the mainstream Anglo-American tradition of Freemasonry, being recognized by The [[United Grand Lodge of England]]<ref>[http://www.ugle.org.uk/provinces/olodges/euro.htm Foreign Grand Lodges Recognised by The United Grand Lodge of England - Europe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040221181010/http://www.ugle.org.uk/provinces/olodges/euro.htm |date=2004-02-21 }} Accessed 10 August 2008</ref> and the 51 Grand Lodges in the United States. In addition to its jurisdiction over nine districts<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/tabid/619/Default.aspx |title=Regio's |access-date=2008-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212003757/http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/tabid/619/Default.aspx |archive-date=2012-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in the Netherlands, it also administers three Lodges in Suriname through the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suriname,<ref name="vrijmetselarij.nl">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Provincialegrootloges/tabid/593/Default.aspx |title=Provinciale grootloges |access-date=2008-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011644/http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Provincialegrootloges/tabid/593/Default.aspx |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> three lodges in [[Curaçao]], one in [[South Africa]], one in [[Thailand]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/BuitenNederland/tabid/1189/Default.aspx?regio=BN |title=Buiten Nederland |access-date=2008-08-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025154438/http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/Organisatie/Regios/BuitenNederland/tabid/1189/Default.aspx?regio=BN |archive-date=2008-10-25 }}</ref> and through the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Caribbean, three lodges in Aruba and one in St. Maarten.<ref name="vrijmetselarij.nl"/> In the Netherlands it claims to have 145 lodges with 5,792 members.<ref name="stichtingargus.nl">[http://www.stichtingargus.nl/vrijmetselarij/ovo_en.html Orde van Vrijmetselaren onder het Grootoosten der Nederlanden], English language version</ref>

It also runs the Prince Frederick Museum and has an online catalogue available for its library.

It was founded in either 1756<ref name="stichtingargus.nl"/> or 1757.<ref>[http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/europe_grand_lodges.html The Builder magazine], 1924</ref>

==Historic Grand Lodges under the Grand Orient==

The Grand Orient of the Netherlands used to have provincial Grand Lodges under its jurisdiction, including the Grand Lodge of South Africa and the Grand Lodge of the Transvaal.<ref>Africa, [https://books.google.com/books?id=lU5e-E6wBeEC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&ots=v1fwrlJIsa&dq=Grand+orient+of+the+Netherlands page 37], Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Part 1 By Albert G. Mackey</ref> One of the Lodges that was subservient to the Grand Lodge hosted the early legislative assemblies of the [[Cape Colony]].<ref>[http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/11/03/die-parlementsgebou/ The Houses of Parliament, Cape Town], Andrew Cusack</ref>

Active [[Freemasonry in Indonesia|freemasonry]] existed throughout the [[Dutch East Indies]] (now: [[Indonesia]]). In 1922 a Dutch Provincial Grand Lodge, under the Grand Orient of the Netherlands, at Weltevreden ([[Jakarta|Batavia]]) controlled twenty Lodges in the colony: fourteen in [[Java]], three in [[Sumatra]] and others in [[Makassar]] and [[Salatiga]].<ref>[http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/mackeys_encyclopedia/j.htm Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry]</ref>

Administers the Provincial Grand Lodge of Zimbabwe which has 5 lodges under its jurisdiction, 3 in Harare and one each in Marondera and Bulawayo. The Grand Lodge was formed in 1963 and the first lodge, Zambesia in Bulawayo in 1896.
==Grand Masters==
* 1735 - 1748 : [[:nl:Johan Radermacher|Johan Cornelis Radermacher]]
* 1749 - 1752 : Kolonel Joost Gerrit van Wassenaer (1716-1753)
** 1752 - 1756 : Louis Dagran (interim)
* 1756 - 1758 : Albrecht Nicolaas van Aerssen Beijeren
* 1758 - 1759 : Carel van Bentinck
* 1759 - 1798 : [[:nl:Carel van Boetzelaer|Carel van Boetzelaer]]
* 1798 - 1804 : Isaak van Teylingen
* 1804 - 1810 : [[:nl:Cornelis Gerrit Bijleveld|Cornelis Gerrit Bijleveld]]
* 1810 - 1812 : Isaac Bousquet
* 1812 - 1816 : [[:nl:Willem Philip Barnaart|Willem Philip Barnaart]]
* 1816 - 1816 : Tussenbestuur van negen
* 1816 - 1881 : [[Prince Frederick of the Netherlands]]
* 1882 - 1884 : [[Alexander, Prince of Orange]]
* 1885 - 1892 : [[:nl:Pieter Johannes Gesinus van Diggelen|Pieter Johannes Gesinus van Diggelen]]
* 1892 - 1906 : Gerrit Van Visser
* 1906 - 1917 : Simon Marius Hugo van Gijn
* 1917 - 1923 : Meinhard Steven Lingbeek
* 1923 - 1927 : Willem Sonneveld
* 1926 - 1929 : [[:nl:Johannes Hendrik Carpentier Alting|Johannes Hendrik Carpentier-Alting]]
* 1929 - 1941 : [[:nl:Hermannus van Tongeren sr.|Hermannus van Tongeren]]
* 1945 - 1952 : L.J.J. Caron
* 1952 - 1961 : C.M.R. Davidson
* 1961 - 1962 : M. ten Cate
* 1962 - 1974 : J. Kok
* 1974 - 1979 : G. van Wezel
* 1979 - 1982 : Th. Boesman
* 1982 - 1986 : W. Sepp
* 1986 - 1990 : J.M. Barents
* 1990 - 1997 : R. Schultink
* 1997 - 2000 : B. Sarphati
* 2000 - 2003 : P.G. Roodhuyzen
* 2003 - 2010 : J.D. van Rossum
* 2010 - 2016 : W.S. Meijer
* 2016 - present : G. van Eijk
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.vrijmetselarij.nl/ G.O.N.]
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