Montferland () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

in the Dutch province of

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of

Bergh Bergh is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The municipality included the villages of 's-Heerenberg, Zeddam, and Stokkum. In 2005, it merged with Didam to form the new municipality of Montferland Montferland () is ...

and Didam.

Population centres

Formerly part of

municipality: * Azewijn *

Beek Beek (; li, Baek ) is a town and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of 2012, Beek has a population of about 16,400, of which about 8,800 live in the town of Beek. The municipality of Beek makes part ...

Braamt Braamt is a village in the municipality of Montferland in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. History It was first mentioned in 1241 as Brameth, and means "place where blackberries grow". De Kemnade is a '' havezate'' near Braamt on th ...

* Kilder * Lengel * Loerbeek * 's-Heerenberg * Stokkum * Vethuizen * Wijnbergen *

Zeddam Zeddam is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Montferland, about 7 km south of Doetinchem. Zeddam was a separate municipality until 1821, when it was merged with Bergh. History Zeddam was ...

Formerly part of Didam municipality: * Didam * Greffelkamp * Holthuizen *

Loil Loil () is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Montferland. Loil forms a single urban area with Didam and is often referred to as a neighbourhood, but it is an independent village. History It was f ...

Nieuw-Dijk Nieuw-Dijk is a village in the municipality of Montferland in the Dutch province of Gelderland, close to Germany, with a population of approximately 834 people. Nieuw-Dijk has its own Roman Catholic parish church and primary school, both named ...

* Oud-Dijk

Gallery

Image:Beek, de Sint Martinuskerk RM514893 foto4 2015-08-20 13.20.jpg, St Martin's church in Beek Image:Didam, kerk O.L.V. van Altijddurende Bijstand RM12870 IMG 3382 2020-03-22 11.10.jpg, Didam church Image:Kilder, de Sint-Johannes de Doperkerk IMG 4868 2020-04-19 16.27.jpg, Kilder church Image:'s-Heerenberg, huize Bergh RM9268 foto2 2011-04-11 17.21.jpg, Huis Bergh castle in
's-Heerenberg Image:Stokkum, Düffels Möl RM9286 foto5 2015-05-14 16.45.jpg, Düffels Möl in Stokkum Image:2007-07-19 13.19 Zeddam, molen2.JPG, Windmill in Zeddam village

Notable people

Willem IV van den Bergh Willem IV, Count van den Bergh (1537-1586) was the Dutch Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen from 1581 until his arrest for treason in 1583. Biography Early Years Willem was the son of Count Oswald II van den BerghThe name "Van den Bergh" is ...

(1537 in 's-Heerenberg – 1586) Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen *

Herman van den Bergh Herman, Count van den Bergh (2 August 1558 in Huis Bergh, 's-Heerenberg, Gelderland – 12 August 1611 in Spa) was a Dutch soldier in the Eighty Years' War, knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece and stadtholder of Spanish Guelders. Life In 15 ...

(1558 in 's-Heerenberg – 1611) a Dutch soldier in the

Eighty Years' War The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Ref ...

Mechteld ten Ham Mechteld ten Ham (died 25 July 1605) was an alleged Dutch witch in the city of 's-Heerenberg in the Dutch Republic. Background The witch trial which condemned ten Ham took place during a period of hardship for the city, which had suff ...

(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 A psychic is a person who claims to use extrasensory perception (ESP) to identify information hidden from the normal senses, particularly involving telepathy or clairvoyance, or who performs acts that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws ...

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 The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

References

External links

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Official website
Achterhoek Municipalities of Gelderland Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2005 {{Gelderland-geo-stub