Didam (locally, Diem) is a town in the

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in the eastern part of

in the region of "De

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 ...

", 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 is located in the municipality of

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 * ...

about 18 km east of

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It i ...

, which is the capital of the province, and about 11 km west from

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 i ...

History

People in Didam speak a dialect called "diems", and many people speak

achterhoeks Achterhooks ( Dutch Low Saxon: ; nl, Achterhoeks ) is a Westphalian dialect spoken in Gelderland. Geographic distribution The Achterhooks language is spoken in the Netherlands in western Europe, Northeast, with speakers concentrated in Gel ...

(which is the dialect of the region "Achterhoek") which is very similar to diems. These two dialect are part of the

nedersaksies 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 orthographi ...

. Didam was a separate municipality until 1 January 2005, when it merged with

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 () i ...

to create the new municipality of Montferland.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.

Transport

The Didam railway station was opened on 15 July 1885 and is located on the

Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway The Winterswijk – Zevenaar railway is a Dutch regional railway line, that connects Arnhem and Zevenaar with Doetinchem and Winterswijk. Opening The railway opened on 15 July 1885. It was part of a network of local railways in the Twente and A ...

line.

Notable people

Everard Ter Laak Everard Ter Laak (; November 5, 1868 - May 5, 1931) was a Dutch Roman Catholic missionary and bishop who worked in China during the late Qing dynasty and early Republic of China. Biography Everard Ter Laak was born on November 5, 1868 in Didam ...

(5 November 1868 – 5 May 1931), Dutch Roman Catholic missionary. * Paul Peters (born 1942 in Roosteren), Dutch politician * Jos Som (born 1951 in Didam), Dutch politician. *

Theo Rasing Theodorus "Theo" Henricus Maria Rasing (born 26 May 1953) is a Dutch professor of experimental physics at Radboud University Nijmegen. His expertise lies in the field of magneto-optics. He was a winner of the 2008 Spinoza Prize. Career Rasing was ...

(born 1953 in Didam), Dutch professor of experimental physics. *

Ernie Brandts Ernstus "Ernie" Wilhelmus Johannes Brandts (born 3 February 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former player. Playing career Club Born in Didam, he played for local club De Sprinkhanen before joining De Graafschap at 17. After three seasons ...

(born 1956 in Didam), Dutch football manager and former player. *

Geert Hammink Geert Hendrik Hammink (born 12 July 1969) is a Dutch former basketball player and current coach. He is the current head coach of the Skyliners Frankfurt of the German Basketball Bundesliga. He was selected by the Orlando Magic in the first round ...

(born 1969 in Didam), Dutch professional basketball player. *

Manfred Dikkers At War With Self is the project conceived by multi-instrumentalist Glenn Snelwar, best known as one of the guitarists on the Gordian Knot debut album which featured members of Cynic, Watchtower, King Crimson and Dream Theater. Albums For the ...

(born 1971 in Didam), Dutch drummer. * Geert-Jan Derksen (born 1975 in Didam), Dutch rower.

Gallery

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