Denekamp () is a town in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the region of

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and the municipality of

Dinkelland Dinkelland () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the eastern Netherlands. For a short time it was known as Denekamp (one of its component towns) until it was renamed in 2002. Population centres Notable people * Johan Jon ...

, and lies about 9 km northeast of

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. The town was first noted as early as the 10th century when it was referred to as Daginghem, and means "settlement of the people of Dago or Dano". The village started around the church which was built in 1275. It remained isolated and small until 1829 when the road from

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was built. The location became a

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in 1818 incorporating the settlements of Noord Deurningen,

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Tilligte Tilligte is a rural village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland and is situated about 10 km north of Oldenzaal. It was first mentioned in 1295 as Tilgede, and means "place where yo ...

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and

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. The municipality merged with

Ootmarsum Ootmarsum is a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies about 10 km north of Oldenzaal. In 2001, the city of Ootmarsum had 4227 inhabitants. The built-up area of the city was 1.5 ...

and Weerselo in 2001; the new municipality was first called "Denekamp", but was renamed in 2002 to Dinkelland. The Town is known in the hardstyle scene, to be home of various Hardstyle DJ's.

Notable people from Denekamp

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(1946-),

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and retired

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. *

Hennie Kuiper Hendrikus Andreas "Hennie" Kuiper (born 3 February 1949) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career includes a gold medal in the Olympic road race at Munich in 1972, becoming world professional road race champion in 1975, a ...

(1949-), world champion

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. * Tanja Nijmeijer,

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member. *

Radical Redemption Joey van Ingen (born 17 September 1990, Denekamp), known professionally as Radical Redemption, is a Dutch hardstyle DJ and record producer. He has played at several festivals such as Defqon.1, Dominator and Loudness. Early life Joey van Inge ...

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producer and DJ. *

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producer and DJ.

Gallery

File:Denekamp, de Sint Nicolaasmolen RM12338 foto2 2016-09-25 10.28.jpg, Windmill: de Sint Nicolaasmolen File:20120517 07 Denekamp.jpg, Brook File:Denekamp pastorie.jpg, Clergy house Denekamp, de toren van de Sint Nicolaaskerk RM12330 IMG 7081 2020-08-06 09.57.jpg, St. Nicholas Church in Denekamp

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2002 Populated places in Overijssel Former municipalities of Overijssel Twente Dinkelland {{Overijssel-geo-stub