Goch (; archaic spelling: Gog, Dutch: Gogh) is a town in the district of Kleve, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...
,
Germany
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. It is situated close to the border with the Siebengewald in
Netherlands
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, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
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, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
, approx. south of
Kleve
Kleve (; traditional en, Cleves ; nl, Kleef; french: Clèves; es, Cléveris; la, Clivia; Low Rhenish: ''Kleff'') is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine. From the 11th century ...
, and southeast of
Nijmegen
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.
History
Goch is at least 750 years old: the earliest mention of Goch is in a document dated 1259. It was a part of the
Duchy of Cleves
The Duchy of Cleves (german: Herzogtum Kleve; nl, Hertogdom Kleef) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire which emerged from the medieval . It was situated in the northern Rhineland on both sides of the Lower Rhine, around its capital Cleves and ...
. During
World War II
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, the city was completely destroyed by Allied bombers during Operation Veritable.
Twin towns – sister cities
Goch is
twinned
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* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Andover
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* And ...
, England, United Kingdom
*
Meierijstad
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Nowy Tomyśl
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The town has a long tradition of wickerwork. In the main town square ...
Otto III
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(980–1002), Holy Roman Emperor
* Johannes von Goch (c. 1400–1475), Medieval theologian
* Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen (1540–1589), military commander in the Netherlands
* Francisco de Moncada (1586–1635), Spanish author, military leader, and governor of the Spanish Netherlands, died here
* Aenne Biermann (1898–1933), photographer
* Hubert Houben (1898–1956), athlete
* Josefa Idem (born 1964), Italian sprint canoer and politician
* Arnold Janssen (1837–1909), founder of the
Society of the Divine Word
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, a Roman Catholic missionary congregation
* Rita Kersting (born 1969), art historian
* Luisa Wensing (born 1993), footballer
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...
, according to his name, which translates to "Vincent of Goch", has ancestors likely native to this location.
Gallery
Goch 1625.JPG, ' in 1625, by
Jan Luyken
Johannes or Jan Luyken (April 16, 1649 – April 5, 1712) was a Dutch poet, illustrator, and engraver.Operation Veritable, February 21, 1945
Goch, watertoren Dm82 foto2 2013-04-30 12.29.jpg, Watertower
Goch, straatzicht Am Steintor Dm6 foto7 2016-05-05 16.38.jpg, Am Steintor Street
Vicarage goch hommersum.jpg, Vicarage Goch Hommersum
G17-d-Goch-evKirche.JPG, Protestant church