Goor () is a city in the Dutch province of

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 ...

. It is located about west of

Enschede Enschede (; local ) is a list of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Overijssel and the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands. The east of the urban area reaches ...

. Goor received

city rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

in 1263. Goor was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became part of

Hof van Twente Hof van Twente () is a municipality in the region Twente, in the province Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality was established January 1, 2001, as the result of the merger of the municipalities of Diepenheim, Goor, Markelo, Amb ...

. Goor had a statue of

Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol Joan Derk, Baron van der Capellen tot den Pol (; 2 November 1741 in Tiel – 6 June 1784 in Zwolle) was a Dutch nobleman who played a prominent role in the revolutionary events that preceded the formation of the Batavian Republic. As a member of ...

, but it was destroyed in 1787 by royalist Orangists in the defeat of the republican movement.

Jewish community

While records of individual Jews in Goor date back to the 14th century, the first permanent records of a Jewish community date to the 1600s when residence permits were issued to Jews. The ' ('Jewish cemetery') of Goor on the Borghoek dates to 1720. The Jewish population expanded rapidly in the second half of the 18th century. In 1748, Goor had 13 Jewish residents; that number increased to 238 Jews by 1809. In 1821, the Jews of Goor joined with Jews living in the neighboring towns of Diepenheim and

Markelo Markelo (; ) is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Hof van Twente, about west of Hengelo and south-west of Almelo. Markelo was a separate municipality between 1818 and 2001, when it ...

to build the ''Ringsynagoge'' ('regional synagogue'). The Jewish community thrived throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Jews contributed to the economic development of Goor and the

Twente Twente ( , Tweants dialect: ''Tweante'') is a region in the eastern Netherlands. It encompasses the most urbanised and easternmost part of the province of Overijssel. Twente is most likely named after the Tuihanti or Tvihanti, a Germanic people ...

region. The Jewish Lavino brothers set up a

weaving Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal ...

school in Goor.“Jewish Communities:Goor,Joods Cultureel Kwartier”, https://jck.nl/en/page/goor Godfried Salomonson (1838–1911), a Jewish man, established the "''Koninklijke Stoomweverij te Nijverdal''" ('the Royal Nijverdal Steam Bleaching Works')

Nijverdal Nijverdal () is a town of approximately 25,000 inhabitants in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Overijssel. It is the commercial centre and largest town within the municipality Hellendoorn. Nijverdal (which means ''Industrious Valley'') was fo ...

means "industrious valley" in Dutch. in 1836 with the express purpose of serving as the center of the Dutch

Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a transitional period of the global economy toward more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes, succee ...

.“Godftied Salomomson,” ‘Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland:1880–2000’, http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn2/salomonson In 1902, a new synagogue on Schoolstraat replaced the old ''Ringsynagoge''. As

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gripped

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in the late 1920s, Goor (like the rest of the Netherlands) saw an influx of Jewish refugees. The Nazis occupied the Netherlands in 1940. On March 24, 1945, Allied bombers hit and damaged the Goor Synagogue which had survived the Nazi occupation as a storehouse. During the war, nearly the entire Jewish community had been openly murdered or sent to concentration camps where they were killed. In 1970, the Dutch government erected a national monument in the ''Joodse gemeenschap'', memorializing the Jews whom the Nazis murdered.

Transportation

Railway Station: Goor

Notable people from Goor

Erik Cent Gerhardus Engelbertus "Erik" Cent (born 29 March 1962 in Goor) is a track cyclist from the Netherlands. He competed in the men's team pursuit and men's individual pursuit at the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the men's team pursuit at the 1992 ...

(1962), cyclist * Rutger Kopland (1934–2012), poet * Tommy Wieringa (born 1964), writer *

Jelle Klaasen Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed the Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously participated in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, where in 2006 ...

(born 1984), darts player * (born 1979), poet * Hannie Rouweler (born 1951), poet * Peter Veenhuizen (born 1964), orchestra conductor and composer * Hinkelien Schreuder (born 1984), swimmer

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