Geesteren (

Tweants Tweants (Tweants pronunciation: ; ) is a group of non-standardised Dutch Low Saxon dialects of the Low German language. It is spoken daily by approximately 62% of the population of Twente, a region in the eastern Dutch province of Overijsse ...

: ) is a village in the eastern

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. It is located in the municipality of

Tubbergen Tubbergen (; Tweants dialect, Tweants: ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and town in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands. Geography The following population centres can be found ...

Overijssel Overijssel (; ; ; ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name comes from the perspective of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht, Episcopal principality of Utrecht ...

about 9 km northeast of

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 ...

. It was first mentioned in 1268 as Geysteren. The etymology is unclear. Around 1800, it developed into a village around the Catholic church. In 1840, Geesteren together with

Harbrinkhoek Harbrinkhoek (Tweants: ) is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Tubbergen, and lies about 5 km northeast of Almelo Almelo () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in ...

and

Langeveen Langeveen (Tweants: ) is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Tubbergen, and lies about 13 km north of Almelo Almelo () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the ea ...

were home to 1,329 people. The Roman Catholic church, St. Pancratius, is named after

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, and dates from 1926. Every year an international concours hippique is organised at Erve Maathuis mainly focussing on

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. In 2019 this 'CSI Twente' celebrated its 45th anniversary. A landmark alongside the main road is the windmill 'Grote Geesterse Molen' which dates from 1867.

Gallery

Brager.jpg, Old style farmhouse with barn Vermolen-20200913a.jpg, Monument for a vanished mill Achtkante beltmolen schuin van opzij gefotografeerd - AMR Molenfoto - 20541327 - RCE.jpg, Grote Geesterse Molen File:Concours Hippique Twente, Bestanddeelnr 901-8083.jpg, Concours Hippique (1946)

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Overijssel Tubbergen