Montferland

Montferland is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam.

WWW montferland.info 𝕏 gem_Montferland FB gemeenteMontferland IG gemeente_montferland IN gemeentemontferland R/ montferland

Population centres

Formerly part of Bergh municipality:

Azewijn
Beek
Braamt
Kilder
Lengel
Loerbeek
's-Heerenberg
Stokkum
Vethuizen
Wijnbergen
Zeddam

Formerly part of Didam municipality:

Didam
Greffelkamp
Holthuizen
Loil
Nieuw-Dijk
Oud-Dijk

Notable people

Willem IV van den Bergh Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen
Herman van den Bergh a Dutch soldier in the Eighty Years' War
Mechteld ten Ham an alleged Dutch witch in the city of 's-Heerenberg
Everard Ter Laak a Dutch Roman Catholic missionary in China
Jozef Rulof a Dutch author and psychic and trance medium or spirit medium
Jos Som a Dutch politician deputy Mayor of Didam
Ernie Brandts a Dutch football manager and former player with 452 club caps
Geert-Jan Derksen a Dutch rower, silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics