Lochem () is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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 ...

in the Eastern

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. In 2005, it merged with the municipality of

Gorssel Gorssel is a village in the municipality of Lochem, province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It is located about 9 km (5.6 mi) southeast of the city centre of Deventer, Overijssel. In 2015, it had a population of 4,043. The microbiologist and botanist ...

, retaining the name of Lochem. As of 2019, it had a population of 33,590.

Population centres

The city of Lochem is the municipality's main population centre. The hamlet of

Barchem Barchem is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland, located in the municipality Lochem, about 15 km east of the city of Zutphen. It was first mentioned in 1474 as Borchem, and means "settlement on/near a hill". It used to be a little ag ...

and Laren were already comprised in the municipality of Lochem before 2005. Formerly in the municipality of Gorssel,

Almen Almen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is in the municipality Lochem, about 7 km east of the city of Zutphen. It was first mentioned in 1188 as Almen, and means "settlement near elm trees". Castle Ehze was built around 1 ...

Eefde Eefde is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Lochem, about 3 km northeast of the city of Zutphen.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. Overview It was f ...

(immediately north of

Zutphen Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some 30 km northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river Ijssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in the 1 ...

Epse Epse is a village in the municipality of Lochem, province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies south of the A1 motorway and north of Gorssel, which was a separate municipality encompassing Epse until 2005, when it was merged with Lochem. In 2021, th ...

and

itself became part of the municipality of Lochem, as well as the hamlet of Harfsen.

City of Lochem

Lochem, east of

, received

city rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

in 1233."Stad Lochem"
''Mijn Gelderland''. Retrieved on 14 April 2017. Until the 17th century, it was often besieged and burnt down. After 1700, it became a small market town for the farmers in its surroundings. The village of Laren has a castle called Huis Verwolde. In summer, guided tours of this castle are organised for tourists. On its estate there is a tree, said to be the thickest tree in the Netherlands ( "de dikke boom van Verwolde").

Transport

Lochem is served by

Lochem railway station Lochem is a railway station just north of Lochem, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 November 1865 and is located on the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway (''Staatslijn D''). The services are operated by Syntus Keolis Nederland is a public transpor ...

, on the

Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway The Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway (Dutch: ''Staatslijn D'') is a railway line in Gelderland and Overijssel, Netherlands running from Zutphen to the German border at Glanerbrug, passing through Hengelo and Enschede. It is the fourth Staatslijn; "Gla ...

Notable people

Johan van Dorth Johan van Dorth ( – 17 July 1624), schout of Lochem, Lord of Horst and Pesch, was a nobleman and general of the Dutch Republic. Van Dorth was the second son of Seino van Dorth (1536–1605), governor and landdrost of Zutphen, Lochem and G ...

(1574 in Salvador – 1624),

schout In Dutch-speaking areas, a ''schout'' was a local official appointed to carry out administrative, law enforcement and prosecutorial tasks. The office was abolished with the introduction of administrative reforms during the Napoleonic period. Fun ...

of Lochem and nobleman and general of the

Dutch Republic The United Provinces of the Netherlands, also known as the (Seven) United Provinces, officially as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch: ''Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden''), and commonly referred to in historiography ...

* Robert Jasper van der Capellen (1743 in Eefde – 1814) a scion from the noble

regenten In the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the regenten (the Dutch plural for ''regent'') were the rulers of the Dutch Republic, the leaders of the Dutch cities or the heads of organisations (e.g. "regent of an orphanage"). Though not formally a heredi ...

family Van der Capellen from Guelders *

Carel de Villeneuve Carel Huibert Valchaire de Villeneuve (1897–1974) was a lawyer and director of business associations in colonial Indonesia during the 1920s–1940s, and a public servant and advisor to the Indonesian government on trade policy during the 1950s ...

(1897 in Lochem – 1974) a lawyer and director of business associations in colonial Indonesia during the 1920s–1940s * Hans Jorritsma (born 1949 in Lochem) a retired field hockey player, competed at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

Irma Boom Irma Boom (born 15 December 1960) is a Dutch graphic designer who specializes in bookmaking. Boom has been described as The Queen of Books, having created over 300 books and is well reputed for her artistic autonomy within her field. Her bold ...

(born 1960 in Lochem) a Dutch graphic designer—who specializes in book making

Gallery

Image:Lochem, voormalige stadhuis foto2 2010-12-26 12.59.JPG, Former town hall Image:Lochem, Gudulakerk vanaf de Markt foto17 2010-12-26 12.54.JPG, De Gudulakerk File:Lochem, gietijzeren lantaarnpaal met vijf gaslantaarns van het type ritter-lantaarn RM519511 IMG 9537 2016-04-30 18.42.jpg, Monumental street light Image:Lochem, de Witte Kerk foto7 2011-07-11 16.43.jpg, De Witte Kerk Image:Lochem, monumentaal pand op de Markt 1 foto4 2011-07-11 10.39.JPG, Monumental house on the Markt Image:Lochem, monumentaal pand aan 't Ei 1foto9 2011-07-11 16.26.JPG, House at 't Ei File:Lochem, de Berkel vanaf de Graaf Ottoweg foto6 2015-07-21 18.53.jpg, River

Berkel The Berkel () is a river in the Netherlands and Germany. It is a right tributary of the IJssel. The river rises in Billerbeck, near the German city of Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia, and crosses the border with the Netherlands near Vreden (G ...

from De Graaf Ottoweg File:Lochem, fiets- en voetgangersbrug over de Berkelstuw IMG 9545 2016-04-30 18.51.jpg, Bicycle bridge across the Berkel File:Zwiep, de Zwiepse Molen RM25937 foto6 2015-08-21 18.23.jpg, Zwiep, windmill: de Zwiepse Molen File:Lochem, kunstwerk het Labyrinth van Shlomo Koren IMG 5632 2020-05-31 07.53.jpg, Lochem, artwork and bridge across Twentekanaal Huis Verwolde 02.jpg, Huis Verwolde File:Lochemse Berg, bomen in de mist aan de Hoge Enk IMG 3165 2020-01-01 09.37.jpg, Lochemse Berg, trees in the fog on the Hoge Enk

References

External links

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