Steenderen is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

and a village in the eastern

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. It has been part of the new municipality of

Bronckhorst Bronckhorst () is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The municipality is the result of a merger of the former municipalities Hengelo, Gelderland, Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden and Zelhem, on 1 January 2005. The munici ...

since 2005.

History

It was first mentioned in 1046 as Stenere, and means "stone buildings on a sandy ridge". In 1217, a parish church is established. The

Dutch Reformed Church The Dutch Reformed Church (, , abbreviated NHK ) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. It was the traditional denomination of the Dutch royal famil ...

has elements dating from the 14th century. In 1782, it suffered a fire after a lightning strike, and was rebuilt. The church was restored between 1966 and 1972. In 1840, it was home to 486 people. The

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...

Bronkhorstermolen dates from 1844 and was restored in 1960. The potato and chips factory

Aviko Aviko is a Dutch food company headquartered in the village of Steenderen, which is part of the municipality of Bronckhorst in the province of Gelderland. Potatoes are primarily processed into French fries, hash browns, potato ready meals and pot ...

was founded in Steenderen in 1962. In 2019, a refrigerator tower was constructed, giving Steenderen three towers.

Former population centres

Baak Baak is a village in the municipality Bronckhorst in the Achterhoek part of the Dutch province of Gelderland. It stands on the Baakse Beek (literally, Brook of Baak) in the municipality of Bronckhorst, about 10 km from Zutphen. Baak was fou ...

* Bronkhorst * Olburgen * Rha *Steenderen * Toldijk

Gallery

File:Steenderen, de Sint Remigiuskerk in straatzicht foto6 2012-09-07 17.57.jpg, Steenderen, church (de Sint Remigiuskerk) in the street Image:Steenderen, kerk1 foto1 2010-07-20 14.10.JPG, Steenderen, church: de Sint Willibrorduskerk Image:Steenderen, de Bronkhorster Molen RM34543 IMG 5874 2020-06-01 09.33.jpg, between Steenderen and Bronkhorst, Bronkhorstermolen

References

External links

Official website
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2005 Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Bronckhorst {{Gelderland-geo-stub