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Warnsveld is a town in the eastern
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, about 2 km east 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 ...
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History

The first mention of the village in writing is from the year 1121 as Wansveld, and means "field of Warin or Warni (person)". Warnsveld developed in the Middle Ages along the
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 ...
. Warnsveld's (Church of Saint Martin) has a tower from around 1100. In the 15th century, both the church and tower were enlarged. The church was restored between 1954 and 1957, and the 19th century modifications were undone. The former ''
havezate A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals wi ...
'' 't Velde was first mentioned in 1326. Shortly after 1535 it redesigned in early Renaissance style. It was extensively modified and enlarged in 1701. It is nowadays used by the police academy. Warnsveld was home to 505 people in 1840. In 1841, the road between
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 ...
and
Lochem Lochem () is a city and municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Eastern Netherlands. In 2005, it merged with the municipality of Gorssel, retaining the name of Lochem. As of 2019, it had a population of 33,590. Population centres The ...
was paved, and estates were built along the road. Warnsveld was a separate municipality until 2005, when it was merged with Zutphen. The former municipality had a population of about 9,000, and covered both the village of Warnsveld and nearby Warken.


People born in Warnsveld

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Richard Constant Boer Richard Constant Boer (31 January 1863, Warnsveld - 20 August 1929, Amsterdam) was a Dutch linguist who specialized in Old Norse. Academic History Boer received his Ph.D. in 1888 from the University of Groningen for his edition of Örvar-Odds ...
(1863-1929), linguist * Gert Holstege (born 1948), neuroscientist *
Ellen ten Damme Ellen ten Damme (born 7 October 1967) is a Dutch actress, performer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Ten Damme both sings and acts in four languages (Dutch, English, French and German), and plays piano and keyboards, guitar and violin ...
(born 1967), singer & actor * Anne-Wil Lucas-Smeerdijk (born 1975), politician *
Jan Werle Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...
(born 1984), chess player Grandmaster *
Thijs van Amerongen Thijs van Amerongen (born 18 July 1986 in Warnsveld) is a Dutch former professional road and cyclo-cross cyclist. He represented his nation in the men's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder. Major resu ...
(born 1986), cyclo-cross cyclist


People died in Warnsveld

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Ida Gerhardt Ida Gerhardt (11 May 1905, Gorinchem – 15 August 1997, Warnsveld) was a classicist and Dutch poet of a post-symbolist tradition. Life In her hometown Rotterdam Ida Gerhardt attended the Erasmus Gymnasium, where the poet J.H. Leopold was her C ...
(1905-1997), poet *
Philip Kouwen Philip Kouwen (18 June 1922, in Rotterdam – 17 December 2002, in Warnsveld) was a Dutch artist notable for his graphic works, mostly landscapes and cityscapes which used grey color. Kouwen graduated from the Rotterdam Academy of Art. Rotterdam ...
(1922-2002), artist


Gallery

File:Warnsveld, korenmolen Nooit Gedacht RM38322 foto5 2015-08-20 17.18.jpg, Windmill: korenmolen Nooit Gedacht File:Warnsveld, landhuis Huis 't Velde (tegenwoordig de politieacademie) RM526688 IMG 5265 2020-05-05 11.54.jpg, Country house Huis' t Velde (nowadays a police academy) File:Warnsveld (Zutphen) - Rijksstraatweg 113.JPG, Villa in Warnsveld File:Oude Gasthuispoort GGNet Warnsveld.jpg, Gate house


References

{{Authority control Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2005 Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Zutphen