Ysselsteyn Explained

Ysselsteyn
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Limburg
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Venray
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:31
Area Total Km2:33.62
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:2,280
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:5813
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0478
Coordinates:51.49°N 5.8958°W

Ysselsteyn is a village in the municipality of Venray in Limburg, Netherlands. It was established in 1921 and named after its designer, Hendrik Albert van IJsselsteyn, then Minister of Agriculture.[3] Ysselsteyn has an extensive hog raising industry.[4]

The Catholic St Oda Church is a square aisleless church with ridge turret. In 1944, it was damaged by war and rebuilt in 1947. In 1975, a carillon was built next to the church.[5]

Ysselsteyn's main object of interest is the Ysselsteyn German war cemetery at Timmermansweg 73, which covers about 28hectare and contains the graves of 31,598 German war dead, most of whom who died in the Netherlands during World War II.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 5813AA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . 24 July 2019 . Het Waterschapshuis . 26 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 26 April 2022.
  3. Book: ter Laan . K.. etal. Van Goor's aardrijkskundig woordenboek van Nederland . 1942 . Van Goor Zonen . Den Haag. Dutch .
  4. Web site: Home . houbensteyn.nl.
  5. Book: Ysselstein . Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert. 2003 . Waanders . Zwolle . 90-400-9623-6 . 26 April 2022 . nl.
  6. (de) Deutsche Kriegsgräberstätte Ysselsteyn (German military cemetery) at Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge