Bronckhorst

This article is about the Dutch town. For the Dutch footballer, see Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

Bronckhorst

Municipality

Vorden Castle

Flag

Coat of arms

Location in Gelderland

Coordinates: 52°3′N 6°18′E﻿ / ﻿52.050°N 6.300°E﻿ / 52.050; 6.300
Country| Netherlands
Province| Gelderland
Established| 1 January 2005[1]
Government

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• Body| Municipal council
• Mayor| Marianne Besselink (PvdA)
Area

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• Total| 286.42 km2 (110.59 sq mi)
• Land| 283.50 km2 (109.46 sq mi)
• Water| 2.92 km2 (1.13 sq mi)
Elevation

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| 13 m (43 ft)
Highest elevation

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| 43 m (141 ft)
Population

(January 2021)[6]

• Total| 36,087
• Density| 127/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode|

Parts of 6900, 7000 and 7200 ranges

Area code| 0313, 0314, 0575
Website| www.bronckhorst.nl
Dutch Topographic map of Bronckhorst, June 2015

Bronckhorst (pronounced [ˈbrɔŋkɦɔrst] ⓘ) is 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. The municipality is named after the medieval castle of the Bronckhorst family, who once ruled this area.

The seat of the municipality is Hengelo.

## Population centres[edit]

Formerly in Hengelo:

* Hengelo
* Keijenborg
* Noordink
* Dunsborg
* Bekveld
* Gooi
* Varssel
* Veldhoek

Formerly in Hummelo en Keppel:

* Achter-Drempt
* Eldrik
* Hoog-Keppel
* Hummelo
* Laag-Keppel
* Voor-Drempt

Formerly in Vorden:

* Delden
* Kranenburg
* Linde
* Medler
* Mossel
* Veldwijk
* Vierakker
* Vorden
* Wichmond
* Wildenborch

Formerly in Zelhem:

* De Meene
* Halle
* Halle-Heide
* Halle-Nijman
* Heidenhoek
* Heurne
* Oosterwijk
* Velswijk
* Wassinkbrink
* Winkelshoek
* Wittebrink
* Zelhem

Formerly in Steenderen:

* Baak
* Bronkhorst
* Olburgen
* Rha
* Steenderen
* Toldijk

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### Keppel[edit]

Keppel received city rights in 1404.

## Gallery[edit]

* Bronkhorst, chapel

* Hengelo, church (de Remigiuskerk) in the street

* Laag Keppel, reformed churc

* Halle, reformed church

* Baak, church: the Sint-Martinuskerk

* Steenderen, windmill: de Bronkhorster Molen

* Wittebrink, windmill: de Wittebrinkse Molen

* between Olburgen and Doesburg, the Zwarte Schaar near inlaatwerk 4028

## Notable people[edit]

Henk Zeevalking, 1981

* Henrica Iliohan (1850 in Vorden – 1921) a Dutch-born American woman suffragist
* Henk Zeevalking (1922 in Laag-Keppel – 2005) a Dutch politician and co-founder of the Democrats 66 (D66)
* Prof Jan Remmelink (1922 in Zelhem - 2003) was Attorney General of the High Council of the Netherlands 1968/1989
* Annemarie Jorritsma (born 1950 in Hengelo) a Dutch politician

### Sport[edit]

* Leo Klein Gebbink (born 1968 in Zelhem) a former field hockey midfield player
* Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (born 1983 in Voor-Drempt) a Dutch professional footballer with over 450 club caps

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2005" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2005]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
2. ^ "Samenstelling en taakverdeling" [Members and tasks] (in Dutch). Gemeente Bronckhorst. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
3. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
4. ^ "Postcodetool for 7255KA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
5. ^ "Bronkhorst Algemeen". Natuurlijk Achterhoek. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
6. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Bronckhorst at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website

Places adjacent to Bronckhorst

| Brummen | Zutphen, Lochem |

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Rheden
Doesburg |

Bronckhorst

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Oost Gelre
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Zevenaar | Doetinchem | Oude IJsselstreek

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Populated places in the municipality of Bronckhorst

Towns|

* Hengelo
* Zelhem

Villages|

* Baak
* Bronkhorst
* Drempt
* Halle
* Hoog-Keppel [nl]
* Hummelo
* Keijenborg [nl]
* Kranenburg [nl]
* Laag-Keppel
* Olburgen [nl]
* Steenderen
* Toldijk [nl]
* Velswijk [nl]
* Vorden
* Wichmond [nl]

Hamlets|

* Bekveld
* Rha
* IJzevoorde

List of cities, towns and villages in Gelderland

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Municipalities of Gelderland

* Aalten
* Apeldoorn
* Arnhem
* Barneveld
* Berg en Dal
* Berkelland
* Beuningen
* Bronckhorst
* Brummen
* Buren
* Culemborg
* Doesburg
* Doetinchem
* Druten
* Duiven
* Ede
* Elburg
* Epe
* Ermelo
* Harderwijk
* Hattem
* Heerde
* Heumen
* Lingewaard
* Lochem
* Maasdriel
* Montferland
* Neder-Betuwe
* Nijkerk
* Nijmegen
* Nunspeet
* Oldebroek
* Oost Gelre
* Oude IJsselstreek
* Overbetuwe
* Putten
* Renkum
* Rheden
* Rozendaal
* Scherpenzeel
* Tiel
* Voorst
* Wageningen
* West Betuwe
* West Maas en Waal
* Westervoort
* Wijchen
* Winterswijk
* Zaltbommel
* Zevenaar
* Zutphen

* See also
* Netherlands
* Provinces
* Municipalities

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