Aalten

Aalten municipality
; flag	; coat of arms
province	Gelderland
mayor	Anton Stapelkamp ( ChristenUnie )
Seat of the municipality	Aalten
Area; - land ; - water	97.05 km 2; 96.53 km 2; 0.52 km 2
CBS code	0197
Residents	27,014 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	278 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 55 ' N , 6 ° 35' E Coordinates: 51 ° 55 ' N , 6 ° 35' E
Important traffic route
prefix	0315, 0543
Postcodes	7091, 7095, 7121-7123, 7126
Website	Homepage of Aalten
	Street in Aalten

Aalten ( listen ^?^/^I ) is a in the eastern Netherlands situated community . It is located in the Achterhoek in the province of Gelderland, right on the border with the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia . Aalten lives mainly from agriculture, small businesses and tourism. It has a train station on the Winterswijk – Zevenaar – Arnheim line, operated by Arriva . Of the three castles previously located here, only the Walfort has been preserved.

Aalten is a neighboring town of the German city of Bocholt and was also on the Lichtenvoorde – Bocholt railway line .

With the municipality reform on January 1, 2005, the neighboring municipality of Dinxperlo (approx. 8,600 inhabitants) was dissolved and part of the municipality of Aalten, which previously had around 18,900 inhabitants.

A well-known resident of Aalten is Angus Young , guitarist for the Australian band AC / DC

history

During the Second World War, a particularly large number of people in hiding in Aalten, such as Jews , politically and racially persecuted persons, resistance members and those who had fled from forced labor, were hidden from the German occupiers and the police. In Aalten there were around 2,500 people hiding for a population of 13,000 . The building market 12, House of Kempink family was of German local headquarters, a refuge in bomb attacks for people from the neighborhood and hiding place for those before the seat Nazis had had to go into hiding. Today the National Hiding Museum is housed there.

Districts

Church of St. Helena in Aalten

Aalten (12,785 inhabitants; seat of the municipal administration)
Bredevoort , known as the "book town" (1,635 inhabitants)
Dale (630 inhabitants)
Dinxperlo : The place has the peculiarity that since the First World War the border with Germany has passed through the center of the 7,230 inhabitants. The state border runs partly through land, so that individual houses can only be reached via the neighboring country. A road was also divided. Today the border to the German Bocholt - Suderwick can only be recognized by the different license plates and traffic signs. Dinxperlo also has the only German-Dutch police station. It is located on Dutch territory, right by the town hall. The smallest church in the Netherlands is in Dinxperlo.
Hair (660 inhabitants)
De Heurne (955 inhabitants) and Heurne (370 inhabitants)
IJzerlo (620 inhabitants)
't Klooster
Lintelo (790 inhabitants)

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018

%

30th

20th

10

0

28.1

24.3

13.2

12.2

9.4

7.5

5.4

n. k.

CDA

GB

PP

HMV

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

% p

10

8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-0.4

+5.5

-3.0

+1.3

+9.4

-0.8

-4.3

-7.6

CDA

GB

PP

HMV

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 2004:

Political party	Seats
Political party	2004 ^a	2010	2014	2018
CDA	10	7th	7th	6th
Gemeente concerns	2	4th	4th	5
Progressive Partij	3	3	3	3
VVD	2	3	2	3
D66	-	-	-	2
ChristenUnie	1	1	2	1
Henk Meerdink Volksvertegenwoordiging	-	-	2	1
PvdA	3	3	1	-
total	21st	21st	21st	21st

^aDue to the incorporation of Dinxperlo into Aalten on January 1, 2005, the municipal council elections took place in 2004.

mayor

Anton Stapelkamp ( ChristenUnie ) has been the acting mayor of the community since December 22, 2017 . His colleagues include the councilors Henk Rijks (GemeenteBelangen), Ted Kok ( CDA ), Henk Wiltink (ChristenUnie), Gerard Nijland (CDA) and the municipal secretary Jan Nobel.

sons and daughters of the town

Loek Beernink (* 1986), actress and singer
Robert Gesink (* 1986), racing cyclist
Ton Kotter (1906–1991), composer and conductor
Hans Vultink (* 1937), billiards player and world and European champion
Reinette van Zijtveld (* 1961), jazz singer

Web links

Commons : Aalten - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the municipality (Dutch)
Website of the Aalten-Bredevoort-Dinxperlo Tourist Association (Dutch)
National Onderduikmuseum website (Dutch, German, English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Nieuwe burgemeester van Aalten geïnstalleerd. In: Omroep Gelderland. December 22, 2017, accessed June 30, 2018 (Dutch).
↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
^ National Museum of Hiding
^ Anne Avenarius: Markt 12 Museum and National Liberation Museum , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, October 2009, accessed April 4, 2016
↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on June 30, 2018 (Dutch)
↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2004 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 30, 2018 (Dutch)
↑ Samenstelling college Gemeente Aalten, accessed June 30, 2018 (Dutch)

[bürgermeister-1] Nieuwe burgemeester van Aalten geïnstalleerd. In: Omroep Gelderland. December 22, 2017, accessed June 30, 2018 (Dutch).

[2] Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)

[3] National Museum of Hiding

[4] Anne Avenarius: Markt 12 Museum and National Liberation Museum , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, October 2009, accessed April 4, 2016

[5] Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on June 30, 2018 (Dutch)

[6] Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2004 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on June 30, 2018 (Dutch)

[7] Samenstelling college Gemeente Aalten, accessed June 30, 2018 (Dutch)