Zenderen is a village in the
Dutch
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* Dutch people ()
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province of
Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of
Borne, and lies about 6 km southeast of
Almelo
Almelo () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek.
Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle of ...
.
History
The village was first mentioned in the late-10th century as in Sindron. The etymology is unclear.
Zunderen is an ''
esdorp
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An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture or grassy place ...
'' which started to develop after the church was built in 1798. The church was demolished in 1946.
The
Carmelite
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, caption = Coat of arms of the Carmelites
, abbreviation = OCarm
, formation = Late 12th century
, founder = Early hermits of Mount Carmel
, founding_location = Mount Car ...
s monastery was founded in 1855 in Zenderen on the grounds of the former estate of Hulscher. The monastery was built in
Gothic Revival style and consists of four buildings around an inner court. The eastern wing contains the St Stephanus Church which was the successor of the monastery church. Nearby a nunnery was built.
Zenderen was home to 1,232 people in 1840.
References
Populated places in Overijssel
Twente
Borne, Overijssel
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