Wijchen () is a

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and a town in the province of

Gelderland Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...

, in the eastern part of the

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Population centres

Number of residents per population centre per 12 December 2009: Source: Statistics Netherlands The population centre Woezik (3,820 residents on 1 January 2005) and the township Laak are statistically included in Wijchen.

Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods in Wijchen include: *Centre: Kloosterakker *Wijchen-Oost: Valendries, Oosterweg and Uilenboom. *Woezik: Veenhof and Saltshof. *Wijchen-Noord. *Achterlo: Homberg, Heilige Stoel and Kraaijenberg. *Wijchen-West: Blauwe Hof and Aalsburg. *Wijchen-Zuid: Abersland, Diepvoorde, Huissteden, Hoogmeer, De Ververt, De Geer, Elsland, De Weertjes, De Grippen, Zesakkers, Zevendreef, Sluiskamp, Oudelaan, and Kronenland. *Kerkeveld: De Gamert, De Meren, Diemenwei, De Flier, De Lingert. *Huurlingsedam. Streets in most neighbourhoods are numbered instead of named. This is not common practice in the Netherlands, therefore the street numbers are included in the

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. E.g. someone living in Abersland, 11th street, house #05 will usually use Abersland 1105 in his address.

Wijchen Castle (town hall)

Parts of Wijchen Castle (''Kasteel Wijchen'' in Dutch) date from the 14th century, but it took its current

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form in the years 1609–1629. It is surrounded by a

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and used to serve as the town hall. Currently, the town hall is down the road, while the castle is only used for important meetings.Stenvert, R. et al. (2000), ''Monumenten in Nederland: Gelderland'', p. 332–333. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. . It is also used as a wedding location.

Notable residents

* Ine Lamers (born 1954) photographer and video installation artist * Ronald van der Kemp (born 1964) fashion designer * Arjen Thonen (born 1992) DJ and music producer better known as SWACQ L/sup>

Sport

* Fred Rutten (born 1962) a football coach and a former footballer with 317 caps * Ralf Elshof (born 1962) cyclist, competed at the

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* Roy Makaay (born 1975) football manager and former footballer with 526 caps * Claudia van Thiel (born 1977) volleyball player, competed at the

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* Lieke Klaus (born 1989) BMX racer * Joel Piroe (born 1999) footballer, Leeds United

Gallery

File:Wijchen, kunstwerk bij het Laantje foto8 2015-12-09 14.21.jpg, Wijchen, Lourdes cave near het Laantje File:Wijchen, de Oude Molen RM39628 IMG 3334 2020-03-17 15.24.jpg, Wijchen, windmill: de Oude Molen File:Wijchen, moderne woonpanden op kerkplein foto2 2011-03-08 15.31.jpg, Wijchen, modern living appartements on the church square File:Wijchen (Gld, NL) church.JPG, Wijchen, catholic church File:Standbeeld Emilia van Nassau, Wijchen (Gld, NL).JPG, Wijchen, Statue: Emilia van Nassau File:Sculpture Zonneveld (Wijchen, Gld, NL), panorama two photos.jpg, Wijchen, sculpture: Zonneveld File:Sculpture De Tafel, Wijchen (Gld, NL).JPG, Wijchen, sculpture: De Tafel File:Wijchen, keramiek-Waar het oog al is, wil de voet naar toe foto14 2016-04-20 09.55.jpg, Wijchen, ceramic: The foot wants to go where you already find the eye File:Batenburg, de Sint Victorkerk RM8718 foto3 2015-12-09 11.51.jpg, Batenburg, church: the Sint Victorkerk File:Batenburg, restanten van kasteel Batenburg RM8725 foto10 2015-12-09 12.08.jpg, Batenburg, ruins File:Batenburg, molen foto9 2011-01-16 13.48.jpg, Batenburg, windmill File:Hernen, kasteel Hernen RM9318 IMG 4410 2020-04-11 10.47.jpg, Hernen, castle: kasteel Hernen File:Niftrik, toren van de Rooms Katholieke kerk in dorpszicht RM39640 foto8 2016-04-20 10.48.jpg, Niftrik, churchtower in the village

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Municipalities of Gelderland Populated places in Gelderland