Dinkelland

Dinkelland (pronunciation ) is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. For a short time it was known as Denekamp (one of its component towns) until it was renamed in 2002.

Dinkelland
Municipality
Castle in Dinkelland
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Overijssel
Coordinates: 52°22′N 7°0′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Overijssel
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Acting Mayor	John Joosten (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	176.83 km^2 (68.27 sq mi)
• Land	175.71 km^2 (67.84 sq mi)
• Water	1.12 km^2 (0.43 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	26 m (85 ft)
Population  (January 2019)[4]
• Total	26,350
• Density	150/km^2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	Parts of 7500 and 7600 ranges
Area code	0541, 074
Website	www.dinkelland.nl

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Dinkelland, June 2015

Population centres

• Breklenkamp
• Denekamp
• Deurningen
• Dulder
• Gammelke
• Groot Agelo
• Het Stift
• Klein Agelo
• Lattrop
• Lemselo
• Noord Deurningen
• Noordijk
• Nutter
• Ootmarsum
• Oud Ootmarsum
• Rossum
• Saasveld
• Tilligte
• Volthe
• Weerselo

Notable people

• Johan Jongkind (1819 in Lattrop – 1891) a Dutch painter and printmaker
• Theo Budde (1889 in Ootmarsum - 1959) a watchmaker, jeweler, antique dealer and poet
• Ton Schulten (born 1938 in Ootmarsum) a Dutch painter who mainly paints landscapes
• Roméo Dallaire (born 1946 in Denekamp) a Canadian humanitarian, author, statesman and retired senator and general
• Marcha (born 1956 in Lattrop) a Dutch singer and TV presenter, took part in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest
• Han Polman (born 1963 in Ootmarsum) a Dutch politician
• Tanja Nijmeijer (born 1978 in Denekamp) a Dutch former guerrilla fighter in Colombia and English teacher

Sport

• Felix von Heijden (1890 in Weerselo – 1982) a footballer team bronze medallist at the 1920 Summer Olympics; & Mayor of Rosmalen 1923–1955
• Hennie Kuiper (born 1949 in Denekamp) a former professional road racing cyclist, gold medallist at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Jos Lansink (born 1961 in Weerselo) an equestrian, team gold medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Marieke Westerhof (born 1974 in Denekamp) a retired rower, team silver medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Elles Leferink (born 1976 in Weerselo) a volleyball player, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Ineke Bakker (acting mayor)" (in Dutch). Gemeente Dinkelland. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
3. "Postcodetool for 7591MA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

External links

• Media related to Dinkelland at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in Dutch)