Hengelo

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Hengelo municipality
Hengelo municipality flag
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Hengelo
coat of arms
province OverijsselOverijssel Overijssel
mayor Sander Schelberg ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality Hengelo
Area
 - land
 - water 		61.78  km 2
61.03 km 2
0.75 km 2
CBS code 0164
Residents 80,725 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 1307 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 52 ° 16 ′  N , 6 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′  N , 6 ° 48 ′  E
Important traffic route A1 E30 A35 N737 N738 N739
prefix 074
Postcodes 7550-7559
Website Hengelo's homepage
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Hengelo ( listen ? / I ) ( Lower Saxon : Hengel ) is a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel , in the Twente region , about 7 kilometers northwest of Enschede , about 10 kilometers southwest of Oldenzaal . The villages Beckum and Oele also belong to the community . Audio file / audio sample

history

Hengelo was a small farming village around 1800. In the 19th and first half of the 20th century industrial companies settled here, which led to Hengelo developing strongly. During the Second World War , the city was deliberately bombed by the Allies on October 6th and 7th, 1944 .

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : "In blue a silver sloping bar, accompanied at the front by an inclined scythe, crossed with a flail sloping to the left and covered with a golden sheaf of corn , at the back a golden beehive in a swarm of nine golden bees."

After the decision in the municipal council to have its own municipal coat of arms in 1868, the draft of the municipal architect was approved by a royal resolution on April 1, 1870.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Hengelo station building
Hengelo market square

The Hengelo station is located on the Almelo-Salzbergen railway and the railway line Zutphen-Glanerbeek . The main railway line runs Amsterdam - Deventer - Bad Bentheim - Rheine - Osnabrück - Berlin . From 2010 to 2013, Hengelo was connected to Bad Bentheim and Enschede via the Grensland Express . Since January 2018, Hengelo has again been served by German regional traffic with the RB61 ( Eurobahn ) from Bielefeld via Bad Bentheim. Hengelo is located on the A1 / Europastraße 30 and A35 motorways . The city also has a port on the Twentekanaal .

Established businesses

Former Thales building in Hengelo

Hengelo is an important industrial city for the region.

Table salt is extracted in the vicinity , which Akzo Nobel processes industrially here . The large Stork machine factory has existed in Hengelo since 1859 . The former Demag compressor technology division at the Hengelo location was incorporated into Siemens' “Power” division in 2001 . A production site of the R. Stahl group of companies is also located in Hengelo, as is the Dutch subsidiary DELTA BLOC Nederland of the MABA Group . Thales Nederland is headquartered in Hengelo .

Hengelo is also the headquarters of the Huttenkloas brewery .

Public facilities

The amusement park De Waarbeek with the roller coaster Rodelbaan , a small lake for swimming, surfing, etc. is located in the Hengelo city area.

education

Hengelo was the seat of the Hogeschool (college of education) Edith Stein .

Sports

The FBK Games have been taking place in the Fanny Blankers Koen Stadium since 1981 , an internationally important athletics meeting named after the record runner Fanny Blankers Koen .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

People who have worked in the city

  • Willem Ripperda (1600–1669), Herr von Hengelo, envoy of the Dutch States General to the peace negotiations on the Peace of Westphalia
  • Piet Blom (1934–1999), Dutch architect, known for his De Kasbah project in Hengelo (1969–1973)
  • Kuno Stierlin (1886–1967), music director, composer and pianist, conducted the Hengelo Oratorio Association from 1923 to 1939

literature

in order of appearance

  • Gerard Kokhuis: History of Hengelo . Twents-Gelderse Uitgeverij Witkam, Hengelo 1983, ISBN 90-6693-010-1 .
  • Jan-Pieter van Vree: Hengelo in oorlogstijd . Stichting Bevrijdingsfeesten Hengelo, Hengelo 1985, ISBN 90-71286-01-0 .
  • Wim Wennekes, Trix Broekmans: Het boek van Hengelo, 1802-2002. Kroniek van een industriestad . Broekhuis, Hengelo, 2nd edition 2002, ISBN 90-70162-37-7 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ↑ RB 61 - Keolis Germany. Accessed March 30, 2018 (German).