Wehl is a town in the eastern
Netherlands
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, about 5 km west 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 ...
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Wehl was a part of
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
until 1808, when it was joined to the Netherlands. In those years it was officially a part of
Zeddam
Zeddam is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Montferland, about 7 km south of Doetinchem.
Zeddam was a separate municipality until 1821, when it was merged with Bergh.
History
Zeddam was ...
. Wehl became an independent municipality in 1813, when it was given back to Prussia; in 1816, it returned to the Netherlands. It remained an independent municipality until the municipal reorganization on 1 January 2005, when Wehl became part of the larger neighbouring municipality of Doetinchem.
The former municipality also included the village of
Nieuw-Wehl, 3 km to the west.
History
It was first mentioned around 1200 as Wele. The etymology is unknown. The village developed between the
Rhine
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and the
Oude IJssel
The Oude IJssel (Dutch, , literally ''old IJssel'') or Issel (German, ) is a river in Germany and the Netherlands approximately long. It is a right tributary of the river IJssel. ''Oude IJssel'' is Dutch for "Old IJssel"; the Oude IJssel was the ...
. In 1466, it became an independent parish. In 1647, it became an enclave of the
Duchy of Cleves
The Duchy of Cleves (german: Herzogtum Kleve; nl, Hertogdom Kleef) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire which emerged from the medieval . It was situated in the northern Rhineland on both sides of the Lower Rhine, around its capital Cleves and ...
and no longer part 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 ...
.
The Catholic St. Martinus Church dates from 15th century, and has a tower from the 13th century with 12th century elements. Between 1894 and 1895, it was redesigned into its current form.
In 1816, it became part of the Netherlands.
In 1840, it was home to 408 people. After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, Wehl started to expand rapidly.
In 1885, the
Wehl railway station
Wehl is a railway station located in Wehl, Netherlands. The station was opened in 15 July 1885 and is located on the Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway. The train services are operated by Arriva and Breng.
Train services
Bus services
Other f ...
opened on the
Winterswijk
Winterswijk (; also known as ''Winterswiek'' or ''Wenters'') is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. It has a population of and is situated in the Achterhoek, which lies in the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland in th ...
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Zevenaar
Zevenaar () is a municipality and a city in the Gelderland province, in the eastern Netherlands near the border with Germany.
Population centres
*Angerlo
*Babberich
*Giesbeek
*Lathum
*Ooy
*Oud-Zevenaar
*Zevenaar
History
The earliest signs of h ...
railway line. The station is still there, but the building was demolished in 2010. In 2005, it merged into
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 ...
.
Notable people
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Chris Mijnarends
Chris Mijnarends (born 8 August 1939) is a Dutch field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by ...
(born 1939), field hockey player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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Tim Sanders (born 1986), footballer
Gallery
File:Wehl 108.JPG, Street view
File:Collectie het Utrechts Archief; 150831.jpg, Former railway station building
File:Stoomtimmerfabriek Wehl serie Wehl 111.jpg, Factory in Wehl
File:Huis Van Lamsweerde in Wehl - serie Hummelo - 098.jpg, Villa "Huis van Lamsweerde"
References
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Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2005
Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Doetinchem