Dalfsen (;

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: ) is a

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and a town in the

Salland Salland (Low Saxon: ''Sallaand'') is a historical dominion in the west and north of the present Dutch province of Overijssel. Nowadays Salland is usually used to indicate a region corresponding to the part of the former dominion more or less to th ...

region of the

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. The municipality of Dalfsen was increased to its current size on 1 January 2001 through the

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of the municipalities of Nieuwleusen and Dalfsen.

History

The name first appears in documents in 1231. Due to the closeness of Kasteel Rechteren, Dalfsen is one of several towns along the Overijssel section of the Vecht river never to have received city rights.

Population centres

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Dalfsen, June 2015.''

Transportation

* Dalfsen railway station *

Dalfsen train crash The Dalfsen train crash occurred on 23 February 2016 when a passenger train collided with a tracked elevated work platform on a level crossing at Dalfsen, Overijssel, Netherlands. One person was killed and six were injured, one seriously. Accide ...

Notable people

Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk Willem Lodewijk, Baron de Vos van Steenwijk (10 July 1859 – 12 April 1947) was a conservative Dutch politician. He was a son of Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk, who was president of the senate of the Netherlands from 1874 until 1880. He ...

(1859 in Dalfsen – 1947) a conservative Dutch politician *

Peter Nijkamp Peter Nijkamp (born 26 February 1946) is a Dutch economist, Professor of Regional Economics and Economic Geography at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and President of the Governing Board of t ...

(born 1946 in Dalfsen) a Dutch economist and academic *

Ilse Warringa Ilse Warringa (born June 1, 1975) is a Dutch actress and voice actress who has voiced for Dutch dubs of cartoons for Nickelodeon, SDI Media and Wim Pel Productions. Biography Ilse was born on June 1, 1975 in Dalfsen and followed her stage trai ...

(born 1975 in Dalfsen) a Dutch Voice actress and actress IMDb Database
retrieved 20 August 2019

Sport

René Eijkelkamp René Antonius Maria Eijkelkamp (born 6 April 1964) is a Dutch association football, football coach and former player who played as a forward (association football), Forward He has been assistant coach at PSV Eindhoven, PSV and the Netherlands na ...

(born 1964 in Dalfsen) a Dutch former footballer with 469 club caps and current coach *

Erben Wennemars Egbert Rolf "Erben" Wennemars (born 1 November 1975) is a Dutch former speed skater. He specialized in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters, and set six world records during his career. Speed skating career Wennemars was ...

(born 1975 in Dalfsen) a Dutch former speed skater * Manon Nummerdor-Flier (born 1984 in Nieuwleusen) a retired volleyball player *

Korie Homan Korie Homan (born 16 June 1986 in de Wijk) is a Dutch former wheelchair tennis player. Homan won the gold medal in women's doubles at the 2008 Paralympics. In 2009, she completed the doubles Grand Slam by winning the Australian, French, Wimbledo ...

(born 1986 in de Wijk) a Dutch former wheelchair tennis player, gold medallist at the

2008 Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It wa ...

Maikel Kieftenbeld Maikel Kieftenbeld (; born 26 June 1990) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eredivisie club FC Emmen, Emmen. Kieftenbeld began his football career with his hometown club, VV Lemeler ...

(born 1990 in Lemelerveld) a Dutch professional footballer with over 300 club caps

Photos

File:Aalshorst Dalfsen.jpg, Aalshorst Dalfsen File:Dalfsen, de Westermolen RM11656 foto3 2012-09-09 16.16.JPG, Dalfsen, windmill: de Westermolen Image:Dalfsen, stadszicht met brug op voorgrond foto2 2010-07-03 10.32.JPG, Dalfsen, view to the town File:Hoonhorst, molen de Fakkert foto3 2012-09-09 15.54.jpg, Hoonhorst, windmill:molen de Fakkert

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities of Overijssel Populated places in Overijssel Salland {{Overijssel-geo-stub