Berkelland

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Berkelland
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Area - Land - Water	284.71 km² 283.17 km² 1.54 km²
Population (2005) – Density	45,677 161/km²

From January 1, 2005, Berkelland is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. It was created by a merger of the former municipalities Borculo, Eibergen, Neede, and Ruurlo. The municipality is named after the Berkel, a small river.

1 Population centres
2 Borculo
3 Eibergen
4 References
5 External links

Population centres

formerly part of Borculo: Borculo, Geesteren, Gelselaar, Haarlo.
formerly part of Eibergen: Avest, Beltrum, Eibergen, Holterhoek, Hupsel, Lintvelde, Loo, Mallem, Olden Eibergen, Rekken, Zwolle.
formerly part of Neede: Achterveld, Broeke, Hoonte, Lochuizen, Neede, Noordijk, Noordijkerveld, Rietmolen.
formerly part of Ruurlo: Brinkmanshoek, De Bruil, De Haar, Heurne, Mariënvelde, Ruurlo, Veldhoek

Borculo

Borculo began as a settlement near where, at the time, the Berkel joined a smaller stream called the Grolse Slinge^[1]. In the 12th century a castle called the Hof van Borculo was built. A defensive wall surrounding the village was constructed in 1348. The village received city rights in 1375.

In 1777 the region came into the possession of Stadtholder William V, after which the castle was demolished and rebuilt. Most of the castle was demolished in 1869–1870, but parts of the keep still exist.

Today, Borculo is probably known best for the tornado that destroyed much of the village on August 10 1925. Tornados that are this disastrous are very rare in the Netherlands.

Eibergen

Eibergen is close to the Dutch-German border. Eibergen counted two official border crossing points on main roads and a small number of border crossing point for limited use on secundary roads. Since border crossing traffic became free and checks are only made inward at a certain distance from the actual border, the border has been 'perforated' by numerous (mostly bicycle) roads.

Because of this border past, a local annual indoor soccer tournament of Eibergen's police has grown to the world's largest sports event of its kind: the World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament. Held in October every year: more than 1.000 police officers from over 30 countries participate.

References

^ Stenvert, R. et al. (2000). Monumenten in Nederland: Gelderland, p. 117–118. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. ISBN 90–400–9406–3

External links

Official site

Province Gelderland

Categories: Gelderland