Steenwijk (;
Low German: ''Steenwiek'', ''Stienwiek''
English
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: ''Stenwick'') is a
city
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in the
Dutch
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province of
Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of
Steenwijkerland. It is the largest town of the municipality.
Steenwijk received
city rights in 1327. In the
Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) it was conquered by the Spaniards in 1581, but
regained by the Dutch in 1592.
Steenwijk was a separate municipality until 2001, when it merged with
Brederwiede and
IJsselham. The new municipality was first named "Steenwijk", but was renamed in 2003 to "Steenwijkerland".
Transport
Railway Station:
Steenwijk
Gallery
File:Steenwijk_centrum_van_boven.jpg, View on the city centre from the St Clemens tower.
File:Steenwijk, de Grote of Sint Clementuskerk RM34576+34577 foto1 2013-04-28 18,18.jpg, church: de Grote of Sint Clementuskerk
File:Steenwijk, de Clemenskerk RM508643 foto8 2013-04-28 18.31.jpg, Church: de Clemenskerk
File:Omwalling_Steenwijk.jpg, Fortifications
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with gate around the old city of Steenwijk.
File:Toegang Rams Woerthe Steenwijk.jpg, Art Nouveau villa ''Rams Woerthe''.
References
External links
Official site(in Dutch)
Cities in the Netherlands
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2003
Populated places in Overijssel
Former municipalities of Overijssel
Steenwijkerland
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