Dinxperlo (;

Dutch Low Saxon Dutch Low Saxon ( or ''Nederlaands Nedersaksies''; nl, Nederlands Nedersaksisch) are the Low Saxon dialects of the Low German language that are spoken in the northeastern Netherlands and are written there with local, unstandardised orthographie ...

: ) is a town and former

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in the eastern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

(

Achterhoek The Achterhoek (; Dutch Low Saxon: ''Achterhook'') is a cultural region in the Eastern Netherlands. Its name (meaning "rear-corner") is geographically appropriate because the area lies in the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland and th ...

region), situated directly at the Germany-Netherlands border. Since 1 January 2005, Dinxperlo has been part of the municipality of

Aalten Aalten () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The former municipalities of Bredevoort (1818) and Dinxperlo (2005) have been merged with Aalten. Notable inhabitants of Aalten include Angus Young, guitarist of the Australian ro ...

. Before 2005, Dinxperlo was a separate municipality, covering the town of Dinxperlo itself and the village of

De Heurne De Heurne is a village in the municipality of Aalten, near Dinxperlo (Achterhoek region), Province of Gelderland, in the east of the Netherlands. The village was first mentioned in 1841 as "Beggelder en Heurne", and means "means bent f a hill. ...

. The name of the village probably is derived from ''dingspel'' ( justice court or area) and ''loo'' (wood). A popular explanation is that in the Middle Ages there was a

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in the woods here. Dinxperlo used to have a

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depicting

Lady Justice Lady Justice ( la, Iustitia) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. Her attributes are scales, a sword and sometimes a blindfold. She often appears as a pair with Prudentia. Lady Justice originates from the ...

Attractions

One of the town's main attractions is the Netherlands' smallest

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(Kerkje "De Rietstap"). Another is a

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museum (''Grenslandmuseum'').

Transportation

The nearest train stations are

Aalten railway station Aalten is a railway station located in Aalten, Netherlands. The station is on the Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway and the station opened on 15 July 1885. The building began construction in 1884 and was finished in 1885. It was rebuilt in 1919 and h ...

and Terborg railway station, with train service operated by

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...

( Arnhem railway station) to

Doetinchem Doetinchem (; Low Saxon: ) is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the Oude IJssel (Old IJssel) river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek. The municipality had a population of in ...

and

Winterswijk Winterswijk (; also known as ''Winterswiek'' or ''Wenters'') is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. It has a population of and is situated in the Achterhoek, which lies in the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland in th ...

stopping at various places on the way.

Dutch-German border

One street in Dinxperlo, ''Heelweg'', is partly German in the village of Suderwick, ( district Borken). The road itself lies in the Netherlands, but one side of the housing zone is in Germany (where it is called ''Hellweg''). The unique boundary line is delimited by a treaty between Germany and the Netherlands signed in April 1960, which resulted in the return of Suderwick to then West Germany on 1 August 1963 after the Netherlands annexed the village soon after the Second World War as part of claims for war reparations. The treaty also provides for the access arrangements of those living in German territory but with only access via Heelweg which is Dutch territory. The houses there belong to the small town of Suderwick, which might be translated as "southern area". Also, Dinxperlo houses a shared Dutch-German

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. Besides

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and

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, at both sides of the border a common dialect is spoken, which is a variety of Low Saxon.

Gallery

File:Dinxperlo (NL), Flaggenskulptur -- 2016 -- 2328.jpg, Dinxperlo, sculpture of flags Image:Dinxperlo, kerk foto10 2010-07-19 15.41.JPG, Dinxperlo, church Image:Dinxperlo, modern straatzicht foto4 2010-07-19 14.23.JPG, Dinxperlo, Heelweg (exactly at the border)

References

External links

* {{Coord, 51, 52, N, 6, 29, E, region:NL_type:city, display=title Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2005 Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Aalten