Wisch is a former municipality in the
Dutch
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province of
Gelderland
Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...
. The municipality was created in 1818, in a merger of
Terborg
Terborg is a small city in the Dutch province of Gelderland, in the Achterhoek region in the east of the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Oude IJsselstreek. The city lies about 7 km southeast of Doetinchem. The population ...
and
Varsseveld, and existed until 2005, when it became a part of the new municipality of
Oude IJsselstreek
Oude IJsselstreek () is a municipality in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern Netherlands. It was established on 1 January 2005 by a merger of the former municipalities of Gendringen and Wisch, Gelderland, Wisch.
Geography and population c ...
.
Besides the villages of Terborg and Varsseveld, the municipality also covered the villages and hamlets
Bontebrug,
Heelweg-Oost,
Heelweg-West,
Silvolde,
Sinderen, and
Westendorp.
File:Kaart der gemeente Wisch, met vermelding van huis- en boerderijnamen.jpg, Map of municipality Wisch, with (farm)house names, 1850
References
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2005
Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Oude IJsselstreek
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