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Hengelo

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


Hengelo

Location municipality Hengelo

Province Overijssel
Area
- Land
- Water
61.78 kmē
61.06 kmē
0.72 kmē
Population (2004)
- Density
80,961
1,326/kmē


Hengelo is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the higway A1/E8 and is a station for the ICE, Amsterdam - Hannover - Berlin.

Population centres

  • Beckum
  • Hengelo

The town of Hengelo

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, Heemaf and Holland Signaal Apparaten .

During WWII the city was often bombed by Allied because of the presence of the railways. Accidentaly the heart of the town was bombed out, killing several hundred people.



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Province Overijssel

Almelo | Bathmen | Borne | Dalfsen | Deventer | Dinkelland | Enschede | Haaksbergen | Hardenberg | Hellendoorn | Hengelo | Hof van Twente | Kampen | Losser | Oldenzaal | Olst-Wijhe | Ommen | Raalte | Rijssen-Holten | Staphorst | Steenwijkerland | Tubbergen | Twenterand | Wierden | Zwartewaterland | Zwolle



Last updated: 11-07-2004 20:29:27