Didam

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Didam
Didam location flag
flag 		Didam's coat of arms
coat of arms
province Gelderland Gelderland
local community Flag of the municipality of Montferland Montferland
Area
 - land
 - water 		3.07  km 2
3.07 km 2
0 km 2
Residents 12,200 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates 51 ° 56 '  N , 6 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '  N , 6 ° 8'  E
Important traffic route A12 E35 A18 N335 N812 N813
prefix 0316
Postcodes 6512, 6828, 6902, 6909, 6921, 6941-6942
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Region around Didam (then Dydam) in 1681
Didam in the district of Zutphen, 1741
Former town hall with coat of arms
Mariakerk
Train station
St. Martinus Windmill

Didam is a district in the municipality of Montferland in the Dutch province of Gelderland . Until December 31, 2004 the place was an independent municipality. Didam has 12,200 inhabitants.

history

The area around Didam was settled by West Germanic Chamavers . There was probably a settlement in what is now Didam at that time. In addition, several Roman coins were found in the village during archaeological excavations.

Didam Castle was built in the 13th century at today's Dijksestraat near Ruigenhoek. The tower was probably built between 1125 and 1150. The castle had several owners. In 1314 it belonged to the Duke of Geldern and later to the Counts of Meurs and Counts of Bergh . The fortification was conquered by Johann I after 1452 . In 1502 the castle burned down. After that it was not rebuilt. The tower was only demolished in 1606.

The name Didam was first mentioned in 1373. The place in the Liemers region at that time was also called Diedehun (1025), Didem (1276), Dedem (1347), Dyedem (1348), Dydam (1382), Diedem (1449) or Diem (1568). The reason for the final choice of today's name Didam is not known.

In 1556 the plague raged in Didam and the surrounding area. In 1758 a total of 1,600 Catholics and 180 Calvinists lived in the community. The population increased continuously over the next hundred years. In 1866 the municipality of Didam had 3,350 inhabitants and an area of ​​3,504 hectares. Jews settled in Didam from the 18th century. In 1770 they moved to a small synagogue in the Weemstraat (now the Hoofdstraat). The Jewish community had around 30 members around 1800. The synagogue was demolished in 1900. Since 1999 a memorial has been commemorating the former synagogue.

The Zevenaar - Didam - Wehl - Doetinchem - Winterswijk railway line was completed in 1885. Didam station opened on July 15, 1885. In 1891, the first cooperative butter factory was founded in Didam. It was officially the first butter factory in Gelderland. In 1915 the carbide lamps were replaced in the village. The community received its own electricity that same year. In 1920 the Roman Catholic agricultural and horticultural school was founded in the village. Fifty-one years after it was founded, the school closed in 1971. On August 10, 1925, the place was devastated by a tornado . Towards the end of the Second World War , Hanns Albin Rauter , the police commander and highest-ranking SS leader in the Netherlands, moved his headquarters to Didam. The large market hall in town was completed in 1950.

By amalgamating the municipalities of Didam and Bergh , the new municipality of Montferland was created on January 1, 2005 as part of a municipal reform. The ADC ArcheoProject from Amersfoort began at the end of 2012, after evaluating maps and aerial photographs, with excavations on the site of the former Didam Castle.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Until the municipality was dissolved, the following distribution of seats had been made since 1990:

Political party Seats
1990 1994 1998 2002
CDA 8th 9 9 9
Community affairs Didam 5 5 4th 3
VVD 1 1 2 3
PvdA - 1 2 2
Bezempartij - - - 0
D66 - 1 0 -
Progressive Didam 2 - - -
PVOD 1 - - -
total 17th 17th 17th 17th

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the former municipality of Didam is a combination of the coat of arms of the Counts of Bergh and Counts of Moers. It was approved by royal decree on December 3, 1912.

Infrastructure

The headquarters of the Montferland municipal administration is in Didam. There is also a market hall and a station on the Winterswijk – Zevenaar – Arnheim railway line .

Attractions

Sights include the listed Gothic church (Mariakerk) from 1590 and the listed St. Martinus windmill from 1855.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

Honorary citizen

The doctor Jan Dunselman (1896–1970) was made an honorary citizen of Didam in 1964. In 1978 a street in the village was named after him.

literature

  • Geldersche Volks-Almanak, editor Gerard Keller: De Graapschap Zutpen - Didam , p. 120 ff., 1868, Arnheim, DA Thieme, ( online version, Google Books )
  • AG van Dalen: Het kasteel te Didam , 1967

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on July 15, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ a b Oudheidkundige Vereniging Didam: Opgraving kasteel Didam , accessed on December 29, 2013.
  3. ^ Jacobus Hendrik Laurentius van der Schaaff: De Graafschap Zutfen , p. 35, 1868; Anhem, online
  4. ^ Archives NRW: Kleve-Mark, files no. 2361 (Kleve-Mark XXI 51a), pledging of Didam's house and estate to Moers and disputes therefore with funds, 1271-1452, online version
  5. ↑ Edelen: Heren van Baer, ​​Uit het huis Meurs ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 29, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.graafschap-middeleeuwen.nl
  6. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , Counts von Herz and Cleve, p. 8, 2nd Section H – N, Ed and Gruber, Hoffmann, Twenty-first Part, Leipzig, 1842, online version
  7. ↑ Kasteel Katern: Didam , Jaargang 11, No. 26, September 2009, p. 12, online version (PDF)
  8. ↑ History of Didam (NL) , accessed on August 27, 2010.
  9. ↑ Oudheidkundige Vereniging Didam: Herkomst plaatsnaam Didam retrieved on December 29, 2013.
  10. ^ Jewish historical museum - Zevenaar , accessed January 6, 2014.
  11. ↑ Weerstationlosser.nl: De zware storm van 10 August 1925 over Losser en Oldenzaal , accessed on 29 December 2013.
  12. ↑ Dodenakkers.nl ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 28, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dodenakkers.nl
  13. ^ Rupert Butler : Legions of Death - the Nazi Enslavement of Europe, chapter 25, 1983, ISBN 1844150429
  14. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1990–2002 , accessed on July 15, 2018 (Dutch)
  15. ↑ St. Martinus Windmühle ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 27, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.molens.nl
  16. ^ Oudheidkundige Vereniging Didam: Jan Dunselman , accessed on January 7, 2014.