Bronckhorst

This article is about the Dutch town. For the Dutch footballer, see Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

Bronckhorst (pronounced [ˈbrɔŋkɦɔrst] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The municipality is the result of a merger of the former municipalities Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden and Zelhem, on 1 January 2005. The municipality is named after the medieval castle of the Bronckhorst family, who once ruled the area.

Bronckhorst
Municipality
Vorden Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 52°3′N 6°18′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Established	1 January 2005[1]
Government [2]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Marianne Besselink (PvdA)
Area [3]
• Total	286.42 km2 (110.59 sq mi)
• Land	283.50 km2 (109.46 sq mi)
• Water	2.92 km2 (1.13 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	13 m (43 ft)
Highest elevation [5]	43 m (141 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[6]
• Total	36,087
• Density	127/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	Parts of 6900, 7000 and 7200 ranges
Area code	0313, 0314, 0575
Website	www.bronckhorst.nl

Dutch Topographic map of Bronckhorst, June 2015

The seat of the municipality is Hengelo.

Population centres

Formerly in Hengelo: Hengelo Keijenborg Noordink Dunsborg Bekveld Gooi Varssel Veldhoek Formerly in Hummelo en Keppel: Achter-Drempt Eldrik Hoog-Keppel Hummelo Laag-Keppel Voor-Drempt Formerly in Vorden: Delden Kranenburg Linde Medler Mossel Veldwijk Vierakker Vorden Wichmond Wildenborch

Formerly in Zelhem: De Meene Halle Halle-Heide Halle-Nijman Heidenhoek Heurne Oosterwijk Velswijk Wassinkbrink Winkelshoek Wittebrink Zelhem Formerly in Steenderen: Baak Bronkhorst Olburgen Rha Steenderen Toldijk

Keppel

Keppel received city rights in 1404.

Gallery

• 
  Bronkhorst, chapel
• 
  Hengelo, church (de Remigiuskerk) in the street
• 
  Laag Keppel, reformed church
• 
  Halle, reformed church
• 
  Baak, church: the Sint-Martinuskerk
• 
  Steenderen, windmill: de Bronkhorster Molen
• 
  Wittebrink, windmill: de Wittebrinkse Molen
• 
  between Olburgen and Doesburg, the Zwarte Schaar near inlaatwerk 4028

Notable people

Henk Zeevalking, 1981

• Henrica Iliohan (1850 in Vorden – 1921) a Dutch-born American woman suffragist
• Henk Zeevalking (1922 in Laag-Keppel – 2005) a Dutch politician and co-founder of the Democrats 66 (D66)
• Prof Jan Remmelink (1922 in Zelhem - 2003) was Attorney General of the High Council of the Netherlands 1968/1989
• Annemarie Jorritsma (born 1950 in Hengelo) a Dutch politician

Sport

• Leo Klein Gebbink (born 1968 in Zelhem) a former field hockey midfield player
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (born 1983 in Voor-Drempt) a Dutch professional footballer with over 450 club caps