Ruurlo is a village and former
municipality
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in the province of
Gelderland
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in the eastern part of the
Netherlands
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.
The town has a station on the
Zutphen to
Winterswijk
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railway line, and is served by trains every half-hour in both directions. In the evening there is an hourly service.
Ruurlo Castle lies just outside the town and is a popular place for weddings. The castle was used as the town hall until 1 January 2005, when the municipality Ruurlo merged with the municipalities of
Borculo,
Neede and
Eibergen into the municipality of
Berkelland.
History
It was first mentioned in the 1180s as Ritherlo, and means "catlle near forest". The village developed in the Middle Ages around Ruurlo Castle. The castle was first mentioned in 1326. It was enlarged in 1571, 1627 and 1727. The gardens date from 1801. After the 1984 restoration was completed, it served as town hall.
The
Dutch Reformed Church has 14th century elements. The tower dates from the late-15th century and was restored in 1793 and 1894. The Catholic Saint Willibrord was completed in 1871, and was designed by
Pierre Cuypers.
In 1840, it was home to 419 people.
The
Ruurlo railway station opened in 1878. The building was demolished in 1982, and replaced by a simple bus stop which was removed in 2000. The
saw
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Saws began as serrated materials, and when man ...
and
gristmill
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Agneta dates from 1851. It was originally an
oil mill, but was redesigned in 1917. The mill is sometimes used for sawing, however it is usually performed with an electric engine.
Former population centres
Brinkmanshoek,
De Bruil,
De Haar,
Heurne
Heurne is a hamlet in the municipality of Aalten, near Aalten ( Achterhoek region) in the eastern Netherlands
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,
Mariënvelde, Ruurlo and
Veldhoek.
Gallery
Image:Ruurlo, kerk1 foto4 2010-07-19 10.37.JPG, Ruurlo, reformed church
File:Ruurlo, de Rooms Katholieke Sint Willibrorduskerk GM1859wikinr174 foto4 2015-08-21 17.46.jpg, Ruurlo, church: de Sint Willibrorduskerk
Image:Ruurlo, houtzaagmolen de Arend foto2 201-07-19 10.29.JPG, Ruurlo, windmill: sawmill de Agneta
File:Exterieur OVERZICHT - Ruurlo - 20264853 - RCE.jpg, Sheep pen
References
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Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2005
Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Berkelland