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Montferland
Montferland () is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam. Population centres Formerly part of Bergh municipality: *Azewijn *Beek *Braamt * Kilder * Lengel *Loerbeek *'s-Heerenberg * Stokkum * Vethuizen * Wijnbergen *Zeddam Formerly part of Didam municipality: *Didam * Greffelkamp * Holthuizen *Loil *Nieuw-Dijk * Oud-Dijk Gallery Image:Beek, de Sint Martinuskerk RM514893 foto4 2015-08-20 13.20.jpg, St Martin's church in Beek Image:Didam, kerk O.L.V. van Altijddurende Bijstand RM12870 IMG 3382 2020-03-22 11.10.jpg, Didam church Image:Kilder, de Sint-Johannes de Doperkerk IMG 4868 2020-04-19 16.27.jpg, Kilder church Image:'s-Heerenberg, huize Bergh RM9268 foto2 2011-04-11 17.21.jpg, Huis Bergh castle in 's-Heerenberg Image:Stokkum, Düffels Möl RM9286 foto5 2015-05-14 16.45.jpg, Düffels Möl in Stokkum Image:2007-07-19 13.19 Zeddam, molen2.JPG, Windmill in Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beek, Montferland
Beek is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality Montferland, about 5 km southeast of Didam.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. History It was first mentioned in 1206 as Beke, and means brook. The St Martinus Church dates from 1868. The tower was built in 1884 and has 15th century elements. The guild house St. Jan was constructed in 1897. In 1840, it was home to 573 people. Notable people * Clemens Westerhof Clemens Westerhof (born 3 May 1940) is a Dutch football manager, who has worked in various football positions on the African continent since 1989. He is most noted for his success with the Nigerian national team. Under Westerhof, the Super ... (born 1940), football manager Gallery File:Beek Montferland 't Peeske PM19-01.jpg, Pub in Beek File:Beek Montferland Gildehuis St. Jan PM19-01.jpg, Guild hose in Beek File:Beek Montferland Sint Jansgildestraat PM19-02.jpg, Tree in fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loil
Loil () is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Montferland. Loil forms a single urban area with Didam and is often referred to as a neighbourhood, but it is an independent village. History It was first mentioned around 1200 as Loel, and means "little open forest". Even though it is spelt Loil, the prounouncement is Lool. ’t Hof Loil was a manor house which was first mentioned in 1390; though, the building was older than the castle. A fire destroyed the manor house in 2014. The village of Loil developed around the manor house. Built around 1300, Loil Castle belonged to the Duchy of Cleves. In 1457, Lord of Bergh purchased the castle and the ''heerlijkheid''. In 1711, it was transferred to the '' Dros'' of Didam. The castle was demolished around 1920. In 1840, Loil was home to 680 people. The grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeddam
Zeddam is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Montferland, about 7 km south of Doetinchem. Zeddam was a separate municipality until 1821, when it was merged with Bergh. History Zeddam was first mentioned between 1139 and 1148 as Sydehem. The etymology is unclear. Zeddam is located on the flank of the Paasberg along the road from 's-Heerenberg to Doetinchem. It used to belong to the Lord of Bergh. The St. Oswaldus Church has a tower from around 1500 with a 14th century base. The church dates from 1891. Castle Montferland was a castle from the 9th century. The castle Uplade which was destroyed in 1066 may reference the same castle. It was demolished in 1527. In 1699, it was replaced by an estate which nowadays serves as a restaurant. In 1840, it was home to 458 people. The Grafelijke Korenmolen is a tower mill that was first mentioned in 1451. In 1974, a horse mill A horse mill is a mill, sometimes used in conjunction with a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
's-Heerenberg
s-Heerenberg is a city on the Dutch-German border, in the Province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It is located about 5 km north of the German Emmerich, and about south of Doetinchem. It received city rights in 1379. 's-Heerenberg is the location of one of the most important castles of the Netherlands: Huis Bergh. The Huis Bergh contains a panel of the Archangel Gabriel from the famous altar piece Maestà by Duccio. The castle is surrounded to the west by a forest, part of the larger nature reserve Bergherbos. Mechteld ten Ham was accused of sorcery. She demanded a trial, and failed the water test, because she remained floating on the water. During torture, she confessed to being a witch, and was burnt at the stake on 25 July 1605. In 2004, a statue was revealed in her honour. In 2015, her statue was set on fire. Until 1821 's-Heerenberg was a separate municipality; it then became the administrative center of Bergh. Since 2005 it is part of the municipality of Montferland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didam
Didam (locally, Diem) is a town in the Netherlands in the eastern part of Netherlands in the region of "De Achterhoek", province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Montferland about 18 km east of Arnhem, which is the capital of the province, and about 11 km west from Doetinchem. History People in Didam speak a dialect called "diems", and many people speak achterhoeks (which is the dialect of the region "Achterhoek") which is very similar to diems. These two dialect are part of the nedersaksies. Didam was a separate municipality until 1 January 2005, when it merged with Bergh to create the new municipality of Montferland.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Transport The Didam railway station was opened on 15 July 1885 and is located on the Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway line. Notable people *Everard Ter Laak (5 November 1868 – 5 May 1931), Dutch Roman Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelderland
Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by total area. Gelderland shares borders with six other provinces ( Flevoland, Limburg, North Brabant, Overijssel, South Holland and Utrecht) and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The capital is Arnhem (pop. 159,265); however, Nijmegen (pop. 176,731) and Apeldoorn (pop. 162,445) are both larger municipalities. Other major regional centres in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Harderwijk, Tiel, Wageningen, Zevenaar, and Winterswijk. Gelderland had a population of 2,084,478 as of November 2019. It contains the Netherlands's largest forest region (the Veluwe), the Rhine and other major rivers, and a significant amount of orchards in the south ( Betuwe). History Historically, the province dates from states of the Holy Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loerbeek
Loerbeek is a village in the eastern Netherlands, near the German border. It's close to Beek and Nieuw-Dijk Nieuw-Dijk is a village in the municipality of Montferland in the Dutch province of Gelderland, close to Germany, with a population of approximately 834 people. Nieuw-Dijk has its own Roman Catholic parish church and primary school, both named fo .... There's a big forest called Bergherbos, where people can walk, mountain-bike and ride horse. It was first mentioned in 1240 as Loberke. The etymology is unknown. Gallery File:Loerbeek Molen van Berntsen PM19-03.jpg, Remains of the former windmill (1845) Achter- en zijgevel - Loerbeek - 20467062 - RCE.jpg, Farm in Loerbeek References Populated places in Gelderland Montferland {{Gelderland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braamt
Braamt is a village in the Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Montferland in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. History It was first mentioned in 1241 as Brameth, and means "place where Blackberry, blackberries grow". De Kemnade is a ''havezate'' near Braamt on the Oude IJssel. The estate was first mentioned in 1418, and the tower dates from the 16th century. In 1840, it was home to 292 people. In 1918, a school was built and the church dates from 1950. The Braamse Molen, Braamt, Braamse Molen is a wind mill from 1856. In the 1990s, it was in very poor condition. It was purchased in 2017, and in 2021 the restoration of the wind mill commenced. Gallery File:Stroombroek.jpg, Stroomboek File:Braamse Molen - Braamt 2.jpg, Braamse Molen, Braamt, Braamse Molen File:Braamt-langestraat-185369.jpg, House in Braamt References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azewijn
Azewijn is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the municipality Montferland, and is about 3 km east of the town of 's-Heerenberg. The larger part of Azewijn is known as "Groot-Azewijn" (''Greater Azewijn''), with the hamlet "Klein-Azewijn" (''Lesser Azewijn'') about 1 km to the north. Azewijn was first mentioned in 1025 as 'Asawon'; but the etymology is unclear. The village belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Re ... before it became part of the Netherlands in 1816. Population in 1840 was 525. St Matthews Church at Azewijn was built in 1891. It was burnt down by Germans on 31 March 1945, and was rebuilt in 1950–1951. References External links Populated places in Gelderland Montferland {{Gelderland-g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of The Netherlands
As of 24 March 2022, there are 344 municipalities ( nl, gemeenten) and three special municipalities () in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean. Municipalities are the second-level administrative division, or public bodies (), in the Netherlands and are subdivisions of their respective provinces. Their duties are delegated to them by the central government and they are ruled by a municipal council that is elected every four years. Municipal mergers have reduced the total number of municipalities by two-thirds since the first official boundaries were created in the mid 19th century. Municipalities themselves are informally subdivided into districts and neighbourhoods for administrative and statistical purposes. These municipalities come in a wide range of sizes, Westervoort is the smallest with a land area of and Súdwest-Fryslân the largest with a land area of . Schiermonnikoog is both the least pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of The Netherlands
As of 24 March 2022, there are 344 municipalities ( nl, gemeenten) and three special municipalities () in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean. Municipalities are the second-level administrative division, or public bodies (), in the Netherlands and are subdivisions of their respective provinces. Their duties are delegated to them by the central government and they are ruled by a municipal council that is elected every four years. Municipal mergers have reduced the total number of municipalities by two-thirds since the first official boundaries were created in the mid 19th century. Municipalities themselves are informally subdivided into districts and neighbourhoods for administrative and statistical purposes. These municipalities come in a wide range of sizes, Westervoort is the smallest with a land area of and Súdwest-Fryslân the largest with a land area of . Schiermonnikoog is both the least pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergh
Bergh is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The municipality included the villages of 's-Heerenberg, Zeddam, and Stokkum. In 2005, it merged with Didam to form the new municipality of Montferland Montferland () is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam. Population centres Formerly part of Bergh municipality: *Azewijn *Be .... External links Maps of the municipality in 1868 Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2005 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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