Geerdijk is a village in the

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province of

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. It is located in the municipality of

Twenterand Twenterand (; Tweants dialect, Twents: ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands. The name means "edge of Twente" as it is situated on the northwestern fringe of the historical r ...

. It became a village in 2009.

History

Geerdijk was founded in the mid-19th century along the canal Almelo–De Haandrik as a

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excavation village. It was a Catholic enclave which was settled by colonists from neighbouring Germany and the area around Slagharen and Dedemsvaart. In 1868, an independent parish was established. In 1906, the Geerdijk railway station opened on the

Mariënberg Mariënberg (Dutch Low Saxon: ''Mainbarg'' or ''Mainbarrug'') is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Hardenberg, and lies on the westside of the Vecht river, between Hardenberg and Ommen. Histor ...

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Almelo Almelo () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek. Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle o ...

railway, and closed on 29 April 2016. It was closed, because there were not enough passengers and

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wanted to increase the speed to allow an extension of the line to

Hardenberg Hardenberg (; or '' 'n Arnbarg'') is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel, Eastern Netherlands. The municipality of ...

. Geerdijk used to be part of the municipality of

Den Ham Den Ham ɛn ɦɑmis a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Twenterand, about 15 km northwest of Almelo. Den Ham was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became a part of V ...

. In 2001, it was merged into

. It was considered a hamlet of Vroomshoop. In 2009, Geerdijk separated from Vroomshoop, and became a village.

Gallery

File:Geerdijk nooorderweg oudste nog bestaande woning.jpg, Oldest extant house from 1878 File:Geerdijk kerk.jpg, Church of Geerdijk File:Station Geerdijk.jpg, Geerdijk railway station File:Geerdijk repos ailleurs 01.jpg, Repos Ailleurs

References

Populated places in Overijssel Salland Twenterand {{Overijssel-geo-stub