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{{Infobox settlement
''Disambiguation: "baak" is also a variant spelling of [[bauk]]''
|name = Baak
|coordinates_region = NL
|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = [[Gelderland]]
|subdivision_type2 = Municipality
|subdivision_name2 = [[Bronckhorst]]
|area_km2 =
|population = ca.1200
|population_as_of = 2007
|density =
|website =
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|latNS = N
|longEW = E
|latd = 52
|latm = 4
|lats = 36
|longd = 6
|longm = 13
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[[Image:Baak, Sint Martinuskerk foto14 2011-02-17 12.27.jpg|Church: de Sint Martinuskerk|thumb|200px|left]]
[[File:Baak, huis Baak RM519729 foto5 2014-09-13 16.43.jpg|Country house: huis Baak|thumb|right|280px]]
{{For|fields in Scotland|Bauk (field){{!}}Bauk}}
'''Baak''' is a small village in the municipality [[Bronckhorst]] in the [[Achterhoek]] part of the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[Gelderland]]. It stands on the [[Baakse Beek]] (literally, Brook of Baak) in the municipality of [[Bronckhorst]], about 10 km from [[Zutphen]].


Baak was founded around 1190 as a [[neighbourhood]] ({{Lang-nl|buurtschap}}). The village has a (for its number of inhabitants quite large) [[neo-gothic]] church, designed by [[Alfred Tepe]]. Behind the church its 18th-century predecessor can be found, a so-called barn church which nowadays serves as a cultural centre. In the south of the village, on the premises of a farm, stands the ruined tower of an otherwise vanished Gothic chapel from the 15th century.
'''Baak''' is a small village in the [[Achterhoek]] part of the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[Gelderland]]. It stands on the [[Baakse Beek]] (literally, Brook of Baak) in the municipality of [[Bronckhorst]], about 10 km from [[Zutphen]].


Baak was founded around 1190 as a [[neighbourhood]] ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''buurtschap''). The village has a (for its number of inhabitants quite large) [[neo-gothic]] church. Within the village limits one can also find the manor ''Huize Baak'', one of the many manors in this part of the [[Achterhoek]]. The manor and surrounding park can be visited by appointment (it is owned by the Dutch branch of the [[Focolare Movement]]). The manor can also be seen from the public road; a walking path goes all around the premises.
Within the village limits one can also find the manor ''Huize Baak'', one of the many manors in this part of the [[Achterhoek]]. It houses the Christian organization [[Ellel Ministries]] Nederland. The manor and surrounding park can be visited by appointment. The manor can also be seen from the public road; a walking path goes all around the premises.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.bronckhorst.nl The official site of the municipality of Bronckhorst]
*[http://www.bronckhorst.nl The official site of the municipality of Bronckhorst]
*[http://www.focolare.com The site of the Focolare Movement]


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[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]
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[[nds-nl:Boak]]
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Revision as of 12:29, 13 February 2015

Baak
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CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGelderland
MunicipalityBronckhorst
Population
 (2007)
ca.1200
Church: de Sint Martinuskerk
Country house: huis Baak

Baak is a small village in the municipality Bronckhorst in the Achterhoek part of the Dutch province of Gelderland. It stands on the Baakse Beek (literally, Brook of Baak) in the municipality of Bronckhorst, about 10 km from Zutphen.

Baak was founded around 1190 as a neighbourhood (Template:Lang-nl). The village has a (for its number of inhabitants quite large) neo-gothic church, designed by Alfred Tepe. Behind the church its 18th-century predecessor can be found, a so-called barn church which nowadays serves as a cultural centre. In the south of the village, on the premises of a farm, stands the ruined tower of an otherwise vanished Gothic chapel from the 15th century.

Within the village limits one can also find the manor Huize Baak, one of the many manors in this part of the Achterhoek. It houses the Christian organization Ellel Ministries Nederland. The manor and surrounding park can be visited by appointment. The manor can also be seen from the public road; a walking path goes all around the premises.

52°05′N 6°14′E / 52.083°N 6.233°E / 52.083; 6.233