Montferland

Montferland () is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam.

Population centres

Formerly part of Bergh municipality:

• Azewijn
• Beek
• Braamt
• Kilder
• Lengel
• Loerbeek
• 's-Heerenberg
• Stokkum
• Vethuizen
• Wijnbergen
• Zeddam

Formerly part of Didam municipality:

• Didam
• Greffelkamp
• Holthuizen
• Loil
• Nieuw-Dijk
• Oud-Dijk

Gallery

Notable people

• Willem IV van den Bergh (1537 in 's-Heerenberg – 1586) Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen
• Herman van den Bergh (1558 in 's-Heerenberg – 1611) a Dutch soldier in the Eighty Years' War
• Mechteld ten Ham (died 25 July 1605) an alleged Dutch witch in the city of 's-Heerenberg
• Everard Ter Laak (1868 in Didam - 1931) a Dutch Roman Catholic missionary in China
• Jozef Rulof (1898 in 's-Heerenberg – 1952) a Dutch author and psychic and trance medium or spirit medium
• Jos Som (born 1951 in Didam) a Dutch politician deputy Mayor of Didam
• Ernie Brandts (born 1956 in Nieuw-Dijk) a Dutch football manager and former player with 452 club caps
• Geert-Jan Derksen (born 1975 in Didam) a Dutch rower, silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Official website