Geesteren, Gelderland Explained

Geesteren
Settlement Type:Village
Native Name Lang:nl
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gelderland
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Berkelland
Pushpin Map:Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the province of Gelderland
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:15
Area Total Km2:19.68
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1,335
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:7274
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0545
Coordinates:52.1389°N 6.5264°W

Geesteren is a village in the eastern Netherlands, located in the municipality of Berkelland, Gelderland. It was hit by a small tornado 1988, which lifted the party tent that was set up to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Geesteren and moved it two meters.

Geesteren was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with nearby Borculo.[3]

Buildings

Geesteren is well known for its church, which is one of the three churches in Europe with a stepped gable, as a result of this, the tower is topped by two weather cocks instead of just one.

The wind powered grist mill De Ster (The Star) was built in 1859.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 7274AA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 20 March 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 20 March 2022.
  3. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. Web site: KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina . December 3, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 . February 20, 2007 .