Hummelo is a village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

province of

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 ...

. It is located in the municipality of

Bronckhorst Bronckhorst () is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The municipality is the result of a merger of the former municipalities Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden and Zelhem, on 1 January 2005. The municipality is named afte ...

, about 6 km northwest of

Doetinchem Doetinchem (; Low Saxon: ) is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the Oude IJssel (Old IJssel) river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek. The municipality had a population of in ...

. Hummelo was a separate municipality until 1818, when the area was divided between Ambt Doetinchem and

Hummelo en Keppel Hummelo en Keppel is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created in 1818, when the municipalities of Hummelo and Keppel merged, and existed until 2005, when the area became a part of the new municipality of Bronckho ...

. First finds in the area date to the upper Palaeolithic. Hummelo is known for the rock band

Normaal Normaal is a rock band from the Netherlands, more specifically from the Achterhoek region, who sing in Achterhooks, a local variety of the Low Saxon language group. , who was an arts student at an arts academy, stationed in Amsterdam in the 19 ...

(Normal) which was founded in 1975.

Notable people

Koen Huntelaar Koen Huntelaar (born 8 July 1998) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for VV DUNO. He is the nephew of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Club career Huntelaar made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for De Graafschap VBV De Graafs ...

(born 1998), footballer * (born 1946), singer and co-founder of Normaal

Gallery

File:Hummelo 094.JPG, House in Hummelo File:Hummelo 222806 Dorpsstr 16.jpg, House in Hummelo File:Normaalmonument-Hummelo-02.jpg,

monument File:Stenen waterpomp voor restauratie - Hummelo - 20348664 - RCE.jpg , Water pump

References

External links

Official website
(in Dutch) Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Bronckhorst {{Gelderland-geo-stub