Drempt is a village 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 is located in the municipality of

Bronckhorst 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 aft ...

. It used to consists of two villages: Achter-Drempt (behind) and Voor-Drempt (in front) which have merged. Drempt is located about north-west of

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

Voor-Drempt was first mentioned in 1122 as "Rutheradus de Thremete", and means "end piece (of land)". Voor-Drempt developed on a river dune, and was located along the

Oude IJssel The Oude IJssel ( Dutch, , literally ''old IJssel'') or Issel (German, ) is a river in Germany and the Netherlands approximately long. It is a right tributary of the river IJssel. ''Oude IJssel'' is Dutch for "Old IJssel"; the Oude IJssel was th ...

until the 11th century. Achter-Drempt developed in the 19th century to the north of Voor-Drempt, and is a Catholic area unlike Voor-Drempt which is Protestant. The Dutch Reformed church is a three aisled basilica-like church. The tower dates of the 12th century. The church is a result of 15th and 16th century modifications. It was enlarged and plastered in 1868. The church was damaged during World War II, and restored between 1955 and 1959. During the restoration, the plaster was removed. The Catholic St Willibrordus Church is located in Achter-Drempt, and was built between 1935 and 1936 in style (a form of Traditionalism), and is the replacement of a predecessor from 1859. The farm Witte Hemel dates form the early-19th century, however it is located on a small ''

terp A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides ...

'' (artificial living mound) and was inhabited between 3,000 and 500 BC. The current name is a corruption from the German Weidliche Heimal, and was a sacred place which was used as a court of law. The farm is used a studio and art gallery. Both villages were home to 1,092 people in 1840. In 1978, the two villages were twinned as Drempt. They are signed as Drempt, but have a little signs underneath with their name.

Notable people

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar (; born 12 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Huntelaar played for PSV, De Graafschap, AGOVV Apeldoorn, Heerenveen, Ajax, Real Madrid and Milan, before joining ...

(born 1983), retired professional footballer

Gallery

File:Wittehemel in maanlicht.jpg, Farm Witte Hemel in moonlight File:Typical Dutch drawbridge with balancing counterweights at Drempt - panoramio.jpg, Drawbridge File:Autumn colours at the South entrance of Drempt - panoramio.jpg, Entrance of Drempt / Achter-Drempt File:Drempt-kerkstraat-09290018.jpg, Former clergy house

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Gelderland Bronckhorst