Hof van Twente
( Listen? / I ) Hof van Twente is a municipality in the Netherlands, Overijssel province.
Places
In the town the following places are (the most important are shown in italics ):
- Delden ( about 7000 inhabitants)
- Diepenheim ( about 2700 inhabitants)
- Goor, seat of the municipal administration, about 12,250 inhabitants
- Markelo (about 7600 inhabitants)
- Azelo
- Bentelo ( about 1500 inhabitants)
- Hengevelde ( about 2100 inhabitants)
- And some smaller towns.
Delden, Diepenheim, Goor, Delden Markelo and Ambt were independent communities, which went up in the new church in 2001.
Location and economic
The municipality is located southwest of Almelo, northeast of the Achterhoek ( province of Gelderland ) and southeast of Rijssen - Holten, ie in the middle of the province of Overijssel. Goor and Delden have asbestos cement, metal and plastic industry. Anywhere in the crossed by several streams community there are small forests, beautiful country houses, old water mills and small castles. Many tourists visit this rural area. You will stay in small hotels, holiday homes and campsites and even farms. Agriculture is also important, and there are also a lot of context thus forming small businesses.
History
Goor
Goor ( Dutch: Schlick, lowland, dirt ) received its town charter in 1263. The Steward of Twente, who managed this area on behalf of the Prince-Bishop of Utrecht, resided in the late Middle Ages in Goor. Originated in the surrounding area, several castles, including house Heeckeren 1412. Goor had a small harbor on the river Regge, but when in 1936 the Twenthekanal was completed, there was an industrial port.
Eternit factory that produced asbestos cement, Goor brought many problems. Anyone was allowed free use for the creation of roads and garden trails for decades production residues operation. The fact that this material contains cancer-causing asbestos particles, it was learned in Goor until about 1990. Thereupon had to be carried out in a large part of the city a soil remediation. Some former workers who were ill through work at Eternit cancer, and their descendants, have between 1990 and 2006, with quite varying degrees of success, guided lawsuits against the company.
Delden
Delden received city rights in 1333. His round center was secured several centuries with earthen walls. Besides the village lies the Twickel Castle. It comes mainly in its present form from the 17th and 19th centuries and is still inhabited by a German noble family ( to Castell- Rüdenhausen ).
1886 was discovered at Castle Twickel salt in the soil. This led to the still -powered salt extraction in Hengelo.
In Markelo grave mounds were discovered dating back to prehistory.
Attractions
Anywhere in Hof van Twente ( Garden of Twente ) you can go hiking or go on bike tour, because there are in the crossed by several streams small community forests, beautiful country houses, old water mills and small castles. Therefore, many tourists visit this rural area. You will stay in small hotels, holiday homes and campsites or farms.
Castle Twickel Delden can only be viewed from the outside, but the parks and forests of 60 square kilometers large country estate are partly accessible.
Castle Warmelo at Diepenheim, built in 1315, and then was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt, and on the lived the mother of Prince Bernhard of Lippe - Biesterfeld until her death in 1971, is also privately owned. The gardens, which are among the most beautiful in the Netherlands, but in the summer are available.
Castle Weldam between Markelo and Goor, is inhabited by the family of Solms- Sonnenwalde. Also from this palace are just the beautiful gardens - for a fee - and the forests - for free - to visit.
In Delden is the late Gothic Church of St. Blaise's church (15th century), which can be visited. Delden also has a museum dedicated to the saline ( Zoutmuseum ).
Sons and daughters of the community
- Albertus Boom ( born 1938 ), cyclist
- Tommy Wieringa (1967 ), writer