upright=1.35|thumb|Map of Bronckhorst, June 2015

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.

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File:Bronkhorst, kapel RM34548 IMG 3927 2020-03-31 15.59.jpg|Bronkhorst, chapel

File:Hengelo, de Remigiuskerk RM21506 in straatzicht foto4 2015-08-20 15.52.jpg|Hengelo, church (de Remigiuskerk)

File:Laag Keppel, de Nederlands Hervormde kerk GM1876wiki185 IMG 3436 2020-03-22 14.15.jpg|Laag Keppel, Reformed Church

File:Halle, de Hervormde kerk GM1876wikinr68 IMG 1955 2018-04-06 13.59.jpg|Halle, Reformed Church

File:Baak, de Sint-Martinuskerk RM34529 IMG 4817 2020-04-19 12.41.jpg|Baak church: Sint-Martinuskerk

File:Steenderen, de Bronkhorster Molen RM34543 IMG 5874 2020-06-01 09.33.jpg|Steenderen, windmill: de Bronkhorster Molen

File:Wittebrink, de Wittebrinkse Molen RM40413 IMG 1946 2018-04-06 13.11.jpg|Wittebrink, windmill: de Wittebrinkse Molen

File:Tussen Olburgen en Doesburg, het Zwarte Schaar bij inlaatwerk 4028 IMG 3943 2020-03-31 17.06.jpg|The Zwarte Schaar, between Olburgen and Doesburg

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Notable people

140px|thumb|Henk Zeevalking, 1981

  • 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

References