Bronckhorst
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Bronckhorst (Template:IPA) is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The municipality is the result of a merger of the former municipalities Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden and Zelhem, on 1 January 2005. The municipality is named after the medieval castle of the Bronckhorst family, who once ruled the area.
The seat of the municipality is Hengelo.
Population centres
Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break Formerly in Hengelo:
Formerly in Hummelo en Keppel:
Formerly in Vorden:
Template:Col-break Formerly in Zelhem:
- De Meene
- Halle
- Halle-Heide
- Halle-Nijman
- Heidenhoek
- Heurne
- Oosterwijk
- Velswijk
- Wassinkbrink
- Winkelshoek
- Wittebrink
- Zelhem
Formerly in Steenderen:
Keppel
Keppel received city rights in 1404.
Gallery
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Bronkhorst, chapel
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Hengelo, church (de Remigiuskerk) in the street
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Laag Keppel, reformed church
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Halle, reformed church
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Baak, church: the Sint-Martinuskerk
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Steenderen, windmill: de Bronkhorster Molen
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Wittebrink, windmill: de Wittebrinkse Molen
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between Olburgen and Doesburg, the Zwarte Schaar near inlaatwerk 4028
Notable people
- Henrica Iliohan (1850 in Vorden – 1921) a Dutch-born American woman suffragist
- Henk Zeevalking (1922 in Laag-Keppel – 2005) a Dutch politician and co-founder of the Democrats 66 (D66)
- Prof Jan Remmelink (1922 in Zelhem - 2003) was Attorney General of the High Council of the Netherlands 1968/1989
- Annemarie Jorritsma (born 1950 in Hengelo) a Dutch politician
Sport
- Leo Klein Gebbink (born 1968 in Zelhem) a former field hockey midfield player
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (born 1983 in Voor-Drempt) a Dutch professional footballer with over 450 club caps
References
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