Hengelo (Gelderland)

Hengelo

flag	coat of arms
province	Gelderland
local community	Bronckhorst
Area  - land  - water	49.23  km 2 49.14 km 2 0.09 km 2
Residents	8,115 (Jan 1, 2017)
Coordinates	52 ° 3 ′  N , 6 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 3 ′  N , 6 ° 19 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0575
Postcodes	6922, 7021, 7025, 7223, 7227, 7234, 7251, 7255
Location of Hengelo in the municipality of Bronckhorst
Remigiuskerk

Holy Wilibrordkerk

Hengelo ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a village in the municipality of Bronckhorst , Gelderland province , in the Netherlands . It has 8,115 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The village is dominated by agriculture and has some industry. It serves as a shopping center for the surrounding villages.

The church from the 15th century is used by the Dutch Reformed Church .

A synagogue community existed in Hengelo until the Holocaust in the Netherlands . At the site of the former synagogue in Synagogestraat in the center of the village, a plaque with a Star of David and a shofar commemorates it.

Until the municipal reform on January 1, 2005, Hengelo was an independent municipality.

politics

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

Political party	Seats
	1990	1994	1998	2002
CDA	7th	7th	6th	7th
PvdA	4th	3	4th	3
VVD	2	3	3	3
total	13	13	13	13

sons and daughters of the town

• Annemarie Jorritsma , politician

literature

Sjoerd Laansma: De Joodse gemeente te Hengelo Gelderland . Walburg Pers, Zutphen 1978, ISBN 90-6011-054-4 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Bronckhorst (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on July 4, 2018 (Dutch)
2. ↑ Joods monument , accessed October 30, 2018.
3. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1990–2002 , accessed on July 4, 2018 (Dutch)