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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Wijhe
| settlement_type         = Town
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| image_skyline           = File:20140723_Wijhese_veer_over_de_IJssel.jpg
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| image_caption           = An image of Wijhe
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Overijssel]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Olst-Wijhe]]
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands

| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8131AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 13 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 3
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| area_total_km2          = 6.43
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 6,210
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 8131<ref name="stat"/>
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| area_code               = 0570
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'''Wijhe''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈʋɛiə}}) is a village in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[Overijssel]]. It is located in the municipality of [[Olst-Wijhe]] and is situated about 12&nbsp;km south of [[Zwolle]] on the banks of the river [[IJssel]].

Wijhe was a separate municipality until 2001, when it merged with [[Olst]].<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>

==History & Sights==

The first written record of Wijhe dates from the year 960 as "Wie." The village has a church built in the late-Gothic style, parts of which date from the 13th and 14th century. The windmill in the centre is still in working order. It was built in 1703 and is the oldest eight square mill in the province. To the north of Wijhe lies the hamlet of Herxen with a riverside nature reserve.

Wijhe has three estates: Hengevoorde containing a manor house, Het Nijenhuis with a castle and De Gelder. The last one is the private property of Baron De Vos van Steenwijk, but it is free for public access. Most of the De Gelder castle was destroyed during World War II.

==Transportation==
* Railway station: [[Wijhe railway station|Wijhe]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Wijhe, de Wijhese Molen RM39642 IMG 2029 2018-04-07 12.14.jpg|Windmill: the Wijhese Molen
File:Wijhe, villa op het Van Dedemplein IMG 2045 2018-04-07 12.30.jpg|Villa at the Van Dedemplein
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.olst-wijhe.nl/gemeente/ Site of the municipality Wijhe]

{{Dutch municipality Olst-Wijhe}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001]]
[[Category:Populated places in Overijssel]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Overijssel]]
[[Category:Olst-Wijhe]]


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