Hengelo

This article is about the city in Overijssel, Netherlands. For the town in Gelderland, Netherlands, see Hengelo, Gelderland.

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Hengelo
Municipality
Country	Netherlands
Province	Overijssel
Population  (1 January, 2007)
• Total	81,431
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Hengelo is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the highways A1/E30 and A35 and is a station for the IC Amsterdam - Hannover - Berlin.

Population centres

• Beckum
• Oele
• Hengelo

Traffic and Transport

• Railway Zutphen to Oldenzaal (line 73): Zutphen - Lochem - Goor (mun. Hof van Twente) - Delden (ditto) - Hengelo - Oldenzaal.
• Template:Railway Zwolle to Enschede
• Template:Railway Amersfoort to Enschede
• Hengelo has a relatively large harbour in the Twentekanaal, a heavily used canal from the Twente region to the IJssel.
• Within the city limits, the only means of public transport is the bus. Some parts of the route are on bus lanes, specifically built for buses to travel faster.
• The A1/E30 from Amsterdam to Moscow goes right through the city.
• The A35 from Enschede to Almelo goes along the west side of the city

The town of Hengelo

Although archeological research indicates the location has been inhabited for thousands of years, the municipality was founded in 1802. At that time it merely consisted of a few hundred farms and landworkers houses.

Hengelo rapidly developed from a small village to a town in the late 19th century when it became a significant railway junction. This attracted heavy industry like Stork, Hazemeyer, Heemaf, KHZ and Hollandse Signaal Apparaten, now taken over by the French Thales. Although it had a reasonably sized population, Hengelo never got city rights

During WWII the city was often bombed by Allied because of the presence of the railways and the war industry activities of local factories. Accidentally the heart of the town was bombed out, during the Bombing of Hengelo on the 6th and 7th of October 1944, killing several hundred people. This has also left the city without much of an historical centre.

One of the most prominent buildings is the Roman Basilica built in 1890, devoted to H. Lambertus.

[Hengelo Basilica:[1],[2]]

Notable Events

• On February 11, 1992, a Dutch F16 crashed into the district Hasseler Es.
• The Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip mention Hengelo in their song "At the Hundreth Meridian", where they "remember Hengelo" after a glorious gig in Metropool (concerthall in Hengelo).

Notable people born in Hengelo

• Henk Kamp (b. 1952), former Dutch Minister of Defense 12-12-2002 until 21-02-2007
• Joris Keizer (b. 1979), Dutch butterfly swimmer
• Niels Oude Kamphuis (b. 1977), Dutch soccer player
• Joost Posthuma (b. 1981), Dutch cyclist
• Kirsten Vlieghuis (b. 1976), Dutch freestyle swimmer
• Theo Wolvecamp (b. 1925), Dutch painter, member of Cobra

External links

• Official Website
• Hengelo on Google Maps
• Local activities and events
• Typisch Hengelo, Free weekly newspaper
• Metropool, Hengelo's famous musichall
• the Montessori Hengelo's best school
• a street in Hengelo

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