Hengelo is a town in the eastern part of The Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, province of Gelderland

Gelderland

Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...

. The, very rural, area it situated in is known as the Achterhoek

Achterhoek

The Achterhoek is a region in the eastern part of the Netherlands, Europe.Its name is geographically appropriate because the area lies in the Eastern-most part of Gelderland, and therefore of the Netherlands, protruding into Germany...

. Hengelo (Gelderland) is famous for al kinds of activities with horses (markets, horse-jumping, etc.). Once a year a motorbike race takes place just outside the town on a streetcircuit.
It used to be a separate municipality and is now part of the municipality of Bronckhorst

Bronckhorst

Bronckhorst is the name of a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The municipality is the result of a merger of the former municipalities Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden and Zelhem, on 1 January 2005...

. Not to be confused with the larger Hengelo (Ov)

Hengelo

Hengelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the motorways A1/E30 and A35 and it has a station for the International Amsterdam – Hannover – Berlin service.-Traffic and transport:...

 in the province of Overijssel

Overijssel

Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...

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Population centres

Prior to 2005, Hengelo (Gld) was a municipality with approx. 8500 residents, living in the following villages:

• Hengelo: 4'700 residents
• Keijenborg: 1'200
• Noordink: 580
• Dunsborg: 500
• Bekveld en Gooi: 420
• Varssel: 390
• Veldhoek: 110

This information relates to CBS statistical information in 2002.

Born in Hengelo (Gld.)

• Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink
  Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink
  Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink is a Dutch politician. She served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 3 August 1998 to 22 July 2002 and is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy....
  
   (1 June 1950), Dutch politician (VVD), Major of the city Almere
  Almere
  Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort and Almere Pampus .Almere is the youngest city in the...
  
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• René Notten (20 November 1949 - 22 August 1995), former soccer player who played at Pax, FC Twente
  FC Twente
  FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
  
  , Ajax and Feyenoord.

Raised in Hengelo

• Hendrik Jan Lovink singer and guitarist of the band Jovink

Bronckhorst

Hengelo (Gld) has merged with the following neighbouring municipalities:

• Zelhem
  Zelhem
  Zelhem is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It has approximately 11.000 inhabitants. Zelhem is located in the municipality of Bronckhorst, about 7 km northeast of Doetinchem....
  
  
• Steenderen
  Steenderen
  Steenderen is a former municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.- Population centres :*Baak*Bronkhorst*Olburgen*Rha*Steenderen*Toldijk- External links :**...
  
  
• Vorden
  Vorden
  Vorden is a former municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, about 10 kilometres south-east of Zutphen. On 1 January 2005 the municipality merged with Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Hengelo en Zelhem, to form the new municipality Bronckhorst....
  
  
• Hummelo en Keppel
  Hummelo en Keppel
  Hummelo en Keppel is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created in 1818, when the municipalities of Hummelo and Keppel merged, and existed until 2005, when the area became a part of the new municipality of Bronckhorst....
  
  

Founded in Hengelo

• Quick
  Quick (sportswear)
  Quick is a Dutch manufacturer of sportswear. In 1905, Quick was founded in Hengelo, Gelderland, and started the production of athletic shoes for many sports. Quick provided the official running shoes for the Olympic Games of 1928 in Amsterdam. Although tennis, hockey, cycling, and indoor sports...
  
   Sportswear
• The Grolschbusters Punk-Rock music band
• Pax Hengelo Soccerclub

This new municipality is referred to as Bronckhorst

Bronckhorst

Bronckhorst is the name of a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The municipality is the result of a merger of the former municipalities Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden and Zelhem, on 1 January 2005...

. It was formed in January 2005 as part of a large-scale administrative reorganisation in the Netherlands (gemeentelijke herindeling). The Dutch Wikipedia pages contain more information on this topic.

External links

• Official website
• Map Map of the former municipality, around 1868.