IJsselmuiden is a town in the

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province of

Overijssel Overijssel (, ; nds, Oaveriessel ; german: Oberyssel) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name translates to "across the IJssel", from the perspective of the ...

. It is located in the municipality of

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, northeast of that city across the river

IJssel The IJssel (; nds-nl, Iessel(t) ) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the IJsselmeer (before the 1932 completion of the Afsluitdijk known as the Zuiderzee), a North Sea natural harbour ...

. IJsselmuiden was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became a part of Kampen. IJsselmuiden has an old church, dating back to 1200.

History

It was first mentioned in 1133 as "de Islemuthen", and means "the mouth of the

river". It was a

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village along a former arm of the IJssel which became a little stream after the

Mastenbroek Mastenbroek is a polder in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It lies north of the city of Zwolle. "Mastenbroek" is also the name of an hamlet, built around a church in the middle of the polder. The polder is part of three municipalities: the wes ...

was completed. In 1646, a bridge was built to

. The

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dates from 1200, but was extensively rebuilt in 1911 to 1912. In 1840, it was home to 520 people. In 1865,

Kampen railway station Kampen is a terminus railway station located in Kampen, Netherlands. The station was opened on 10 May 1865 and is located on the Kamperlijntje, which is the Zwolle-Kampen section of the Utrecht–Kampen railway. The train service is operated by Ne ...

was opened. It was built on the side of IJsselmuiden, and was originally planned to be located in IJsselmuiden. It was decided to built the station 350 metres to the west on a plot of land belonging to Kampen.

Notable people

Ank Bijleveld Anna Theodora Bernardina "Ank" Bijleveld-Schouten (born 17 March 1962) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who has been serving as acting mayor of Almere since 10 January 2022. She served as List of Ministers of Defence ...

(born 1962), politician and former minister of defence *

Gert-Jan Kok Gert-Jan Kok is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established ...

(born 1986), Grand Prix motorcycle racer *

Henk de Velde Henk de Velde (12 January 1949 – 3 November 2022) was a Dutch seafarer. He was especially known for his long solo-voyages around the world. Initially he worked for thirteen years in the merchant navy, from Able Seaman (occupation), able-bodied ...

(born 1949), seafarer known for long solo-voyages

Gallery

File:Tufstenen Sint-Crispijnkerk IJsselmuiden.jpg, Saint Crispijn Church File:3-Burgemeester van Engelenweg 84 IJsselmuiden.JPG, Farm in IJsselmuiden

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001 Populated places in Overijssel Former municipalities of Overijssel Kampen, Overijssel {{Overijssel-geo-stub