Wisch (Oude IJsselstreek)
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 Gelderland
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| local community |
 Oude IJsselstreek
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Area - land - water |
72.72 km 2 72.36 km 2 0.36 km 2 |
| Residents | 19,481 (Dec 31, 2004) |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 57 ′ N , 6 ° 28 ′ E |
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| prefix | 0315 |
| Postcodes | 3181, 5051, 5126, 5397, 6006, 6931, 6952, 7002, 7004–7005, 7011, 7021, 7025, 7048, 7051, 7054–7055, 7061, 7064–7065, 7071, 7075, 7081, 7083–7084, 7122, 7135 |
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Wisch was a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands .
The municipality of Wisch had 19,481 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2004), the main town of which was Varsseveld . On January 1, 2005, Wisch was merged with Gendringen to form the new municipality of Oude IJsselstreek .
Wisch was eponymous for the Wisch rule . The von Wisch gentlemen were originally ministerials to the Bishop of Münster and came from Wisch bei Billerbeck . Around 1330 they established a small lordship in Gelderland, whose residence was initially the old Wisch Castle and later the Wisch Castle in Terborg . In 1539 Irmgard von Wisch brought rule into her marriage to Georg von Limburg-Styrum . Around 1700 the rule was sold to the House of Nassau-Siegen by the Counts of Limburg-Stirum .
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 | 5 | 4th | 5 | 6th |
| Gemeentebelang Wisch | 3 | 4th | 4th | 4th |
| PvdA | 4th | 3 | 4th | 3 |
| Silvolde 2000 | 3 | 4th | 2 | 2 |
| VVD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| GAS wipe | 0 | - | - | - |
| total | 17th | 17th | 17th | 17th |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on July 20, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1990–2002 , accessed on July 20, 2018 (Dutch)