Bronckhorst

Bronckhorst () 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

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

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