Bronckhorst

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 the area.

The seat of the municipality is Hengelo.

Population centres

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

Keppel

Keppel received city rights in 1404.

Gallery

Bronkhorst, chapel
Hengelo, church (de Remigiuskerk) in the street
Laag Keppel, reformed church
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

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

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

External links

Media related to Bronckhorst at Wikimedia Commons