Bronckhorst

Bronckhorst is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The municipality is the result of a merger of the former municipalities Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden and Zelhem, on 1 January 2005. The municipality is named after the medieval castle of the Bronckhorst family, who once ruled the area.
The seat of the municipality is Hengelo.

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Population centres

Formerly in Hengelo:

Hengelo
Keijenborg
Noordink
Dunsborg
Bekveld
Gooi
Varssel
Veldhoek

Formerly in Hummelo en Keppel:

Formerly in Vorden:

Delden
Kranenburg
Linde
Medler
Mossel
Veldwijk
Vierakker
Vorden
Wichmond
Wildenborch

Formerly in Zelhem:

De Meene
Halle
Halle-Heide
Halle-Nijman
Heidenhoek
Heurne
Oosterwijk
Velswijk
Wassinkbrink
Winkelshoek
Wittebrink
Zelhem

Formerly in Steenderen:

Baak
Bronkhorst
Olburgen
Rha
Steenderen
Toldijk

Keppel

Keppel received city rights in 1404.

Notable people

Henrica Iliohan a Dutch-born American woman suffragist
Henk Zeevalking a Dutch politician and co-founder of the Democrats 66
Prof Jan Remmelink was Attorney General of the High Council of the Netherlands 1968/1989
Annemarie Jorritsma a Dutch politician

Sport

Leo Klein Gebbink a former field hockey midfield player
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar a Dutch professional footballer with over 450 club caps