Lichtenvoorde is a town in the east of the
Netherlands
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, in the municipality of
Oost Gelre.
Lichtenvoorde holds a flower parade (''bloemencorso'') every September at the start of its annual festival. The parade features
floats covered in flowers (usually
dahlia
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s) in imaginative designs depicting a variety of themes.
Lichtenvoorde has a
motorcross circuit on which international grands prix are held.
History
Lichtenvoorde was the name of a municipality that included the town and the villages of
Lievelde,
Zieuwent, Vragender and Harreveld, until 1 January 2005, when all were merged into the municipality of Oost Gelre.
Its inhabitants are known colloquially as ''keienslöppers'' (boulder draggers) due to a historic event. On 15 March 1874, 99 of the town's shoemakers dragged a 20 ton boulder a distance of around four kilometres to the marketplace to serve as a centerpiece for commemoration of
King William III's silver jubilee, after 25 years on the country's throne. The boulder remains there to this day, topped by a stone lion holding the town's coat of arms.
Gallery
File:Lichtenvoorde 441.JPG, alt=Lichtenvoorde lion, The boulder in the marketplace
File:Lichtenvoorde kerk.jpg, Catholic church in Lichtenvoorde
File:Erve Kots - Los Hoes 2007-07.jpg, Farm at the open-air museum Erve Kots in Lievelde
File:Kerk Zieuwent.jpg, Catholic church in Zieuwent
File:Vragender dorp.JPG, Vragender Village
File:Harreveld hermien.jpg, Windmill Hermien in Harreveld
References
External links
Website of Oost Gelre
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Oost Gelre
Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2005