Raalte
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coat of arms |
province | Overijssel |
mayor | Martijn Dadema ( GroenLinks ) |
Seat of the municipality | Raalte |
Area - land - water |
172.31 km 2 171.28 km 2 1.02 km 2 |
CBS code | 0177 |
Residents | 37,527 (Jan 31, 2019) |
Population density | 218 inhabitants / km 2 |
Coordinates | 52 ° 23 ' N , 6 ° 17' E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 0572 |
Postcodes | 8055, 8101-8112, 8141-8144 |
Website | Homepage of Raalte |
Raalte ( municipality in the Netherlands , province of Overijssel , with 37,527 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019).
) is aThe municipality includes the large village of the same name and the villages of Heino , Heeten and Nieuw Heeten and several smaller localities. Raalte is considered a Catholic enclave in a Protestant area.
Raalte's partner community was Mettingen in Westphalia until 2003 .
Location and economy
Raalte is at the intersection of the Zwolle - Almelo and Deventer - Ommen roads . These cities are each 15 to 20 kilometers away. Raalte and Heino have train stations on the Zwolle – Almelo railway line. In Raalte there is a lot of agriculture and several small, mainly agricultural products processing industries.
Touristic
- The Nijenhuis Castle (art museum, restored in 2004) is located near the village of Heino , just behind the municipal boundary to Olst-Wijhe .
- In the village Raalte every year in late August, the traditional Thanksgiving "Stöppelhaene" with parade instead, including the well-known in the surroundings procession on Thursday. The name of this festival, held again for the first time since 1950, goes back to the custom of hanging a wooden rooster decorated with straw etc. outside the farms after the rye harvest has ended.
- There are several small nature areas spread across the municipality.
- Since 2004 there has been a motorcycle museum in Raalte, where you can also rent motorcycles .
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Raalte, Church: Basilica of Exaltation of the Cross
Personalities
Daughters and sons
- Jan Smeekens (* 1987), speed skater
- Victor Tielbeek (1919–1997), Catholic religious, Bishop of Formosa in Brazil
- Pieter Gert van der Veen (* 1963), Evangelical Old Testament scholar and Biblical archaeologist
People who have worked in the community
- Roelof Frankot (1911–1984), artist
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)
- Website of the Stöppelhaene harvest festival (Dutch)
- Website of the Museum De Fundatie (German, Dutch, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ Otto Lankhorst: La jeunesse du cardinal Van Rossum et son lien avec le Salland , sa région d'origine . In: Trajecta. Religie, cultuur en samenleving in de Nederlanden , ISSN 0778-8304 , vol. 19/20 (2010–2011), issue 1/2, pp. 27–37, here p. 30.