Glanerbrug
laːnər'brʏxis a town in the east of the city of
Enschede
Enschede (; known as in the local Twents dialect) is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau ...
, Netherlands. It is close to the border, formed by the stream
Glanerbeek, with Germany and the city of
Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia
Gronau (; officially Gronau (Westf.), is a town in the district of Borken in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km east of Enschede. Documentary evidence of Gronau dates to 1365.
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. The name of Glanerbrug is derived from the bridge over the Glanerbeek (''brug'' in Dutch is ''bridge'' in English).
On 7 April 1990 the fell through the roof of a house there.
The Glanerbrug meteorite fall
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Transportation
Railway Station: Glanerbrug
Born in Glanerbrug
* (born 1985), chess player
* Erik Dijkstra, (born 1977), journalist and TV presenter
*Nick Hengelman
Nick Hengelman (born 15 November 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Career
Hengelman was born in Glanerbrug. He is a youth product from the FC Twente/Heracles Almelo football academy. He formerly played for AGOV ...
(born 1989), footballer
* Hennie Hollink (born 1931), footballer and football manager
*Rob Groener
Rob Groener (born 19 December 1945) is a former Dutch football manager and player who is currently a players' agent.
As a player, he played for SC Heracles competing in the Dutch Eredivisie from 1962 to 1966. As a manager, he headed FC Twente, ...
(born 1945), footballer and football manager
*Bert Schierbeek
Lambertus Roelof (Bert) Schierbeek (18 June 1918, Glanerbrug, Overijssel – 9 June 1996, Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer. He won numerous awards throughout his career, amongst them the 1991 Constantijn Huygens Prize.
During the German occupatio ...
(1918–1996), writer
* (born 1995), reporter
References
External links
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glanerbrug.info
Populated places in Overijssel
Twente
Enschede
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