Bronckhorst

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Bronckhorst municipality flag
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Bronckhorst
coat of arms
province Gelderland Gelderland
mayor Marianne Besselink ( PvdA )
Seat of the municipality Hengelo
Area
 - land
 - water 		286.42  km 2
283.51 km 2
2.91 km 2
CBS code 1876
Residents 36,221 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 126 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 3 '  N , 6 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 3 '  N , 6 ° 18'  E
Important traffic route N314 N315 N316 N317 N319 N330 N814
prefix 0313, 0314, 0575
Postcodes 6996-6999, 7021, 7025, 7221, 7223-7227, 7233-7234, 7251, 7255-7256
Website Homepage of Bronckhorst
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Bronckhorst ( listen ? / I ) is a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands . The name comes from the Bronkhorst family , who had their ancestral seat in the village of the same name in the Middle Ages . Audio file / audio sample

places

The municipality was created in the course of the municipality reform on January 1, 2005 from the merger of five smaller municipalities, which are named below with their most important locations:

  • Hengelo : Hengelo, Keyenborg and Veldhoek;
  • Hummelo and Keppel (in the southeast of the new municipality): Hummelo, Laag-Keppel , Hoog-Keppel, Voor-Drempt and Achter-Drempt;
  • Steenderen: Steenderen, Bronkhorst , Baak , Toldijk and Olburgen (all near the IJssel );
  • Vorden : Vorden, Kranenburg, Wichmond and Vierakker;
  • Zelhem: Zelhem, Velswijk and Halle .

The administration of the municipality is located in the village of Hengelo.

Location, geography and economy

The municipality forms the southwest of the Achterhoek or Graafschap (county), between the IJssel , Zutphen and Doetinchem . Only Vorden has a train station on the relatively insignificant railway line between Zutphen and Winterswijk . There are no motorways in the municipality.

The area is heavily influenced by agriculture . The Aviko potato product factory, which was founded as a cooperation in 1898 and is one of the largest of its kind in Europe, is located in Steenderen .

The many mansions and castles with the associated forests and parks attract many tourists.

history

The town of Bronkhorst, which looks like a small village, received limited town charter in 1482 , but never became a real town. When this place and the surrounding glory came through inheritance to a Gysbert von Bronkhorst in 1328, it meant a conflict with the neighbor Heeckeren . This dispute influenced the history of the Duchy of Geldern until the 15th century. Bronkhorst and Steenderen suffered from the Eighty Years War (1568–1648). Steenderen burned down completely in 1782 after a lightning strike in the church tower.

Vorden is surrounded by mansions and small castles. The poet Anthony Christiaan Winand Staring (1767–1840), who died here, wrote some amusing ballads about this in the 19th century.

Zelhem is said to be very old. The missionary Liudger is said to have preached here.

Hengelo (Gelderland) was granted market rights in 1658. An annual horse market has been held there ever since.

The picturesque village of Hummelo was founded in 828 on a trade route near a ford through the Oude IJssel . Nearby Keppel Castle was built in the late 16th century on the ruins of an older building. When France conquered part of the Netherlands in 1672, King Louis XIV stayed there.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 2006:

Local elections 2018
 %
30th
20th
10
0
25.1
23.0
17.3
12.3
8.9
8.7
4.8
GBB
CU / SGP
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-6.0
+7.8
-0.8
+4.3
-4.3
-2.3
+1.4
GBB
CU / SGP
House in Bronckhorst
farm
Political party Seats
2004 2010 2014 2018
CDA 10 8th 8th 7th
Municipality concerns Bronckhorst - 1 4th 6th
VVD 6th 8th 5 4th
GroenLinks 1 2 2 3
PvdA 7th 4th 3 2
D66 1 2 3 2
ChristenUnie 0 0 0 1
SGP
total 25th 25th 25th 25th

mayor

Marianne Besselink ( PvdA ) has been the acting mayor of the community since October 21, 2015 . To their college include the Assistant Secretary Evert Blaauw (Gemeentebelangen Bronckhorst), Willem Buunk ( VVD ), Paul Hofman ( GroenLinks ) and the municipal secretary Bart Drewes.

Attractions

  • Bronkhorst and Hummelo have a picturesque town center. In Bronkhorst u. a. a small museum about the English writer Charles Dickens .
  • Zelhem has a remarkable church built in the late 15th century.
  • In the parks and forests of the many castles around Vorden you can go on beautiful, quiet hikes and bike rides. The castles themselves are generally not open to the public. This also applies to Keppel Castle near Hummelo.
  • The IJssel offers boat trips from Rheden , which is opposite Bronkhorst.
  • Garden of the garden designer Piet Oudolf in the Broekstraat in Hummelo.

Others

The American soul singer Arthur Conley is buried in the cemetery in the Vorden district .

photos

  • Zelhem, Lambertikerk Church on the square

  • Vorden, Mühle: Hackforter molen

  • Hengelo, church (de Remigiuskerk) in the street

  • Steenderen, church: de Sint Remigiuskerk

  • Drempt, church

  • Olburgen, church: de Willibrorduskerk

  • Rha, mill: beltmolen de Hoop

  • Keijenborg, church

  • Bronkhorst, chapel: the reformed church

  • Baak, church: de Sint Martinuskerk

Web links

Commons : Bronckhorst  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on July 4, 2018 (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2004 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on July 4, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ^ Marianne Besselink nieuwe burgemeester van Bronckhorst. In: Omroep Gelderland. September 24, 2015, accessed July 4, 2018 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ Samenstelling en taakverdeling b en w Gemeente Bronckhorst, accessed on July 4, 2018 (Dutch)
  6. ↑ The Master of the Perennials in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from January 4, 2015, page V7