Oost Gelre
Oost Gelre is a municipality in the Achterhoek, in the eastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2005, the municipalities Groenlo and Lichtenvoorde merged and formed the new municipality Oost Gelre, which was called Groenlo until 19 May 2006.
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Topography
''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Oost Gelre, June 2015''Notable people
Arts
- Marco Blaauw, trumpeter
- Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL, composer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, producer and engineer
- Peter Beets, jazz pianist
- Esther Rots, film director
- Menno Veldhuis, artist
- Thomas Puskailer, Dutch-born Slovak singer and songwriter
- Suzan Stortelder, singer and one half of Suzan & Freek
- Freek Rikkerink, singer and one half of Suzan & Freek
Politics
- Willem Maurits Bruyninck, the 25th Governor of Ceylon
- Tjitske Siderius, Dutch politician
Sport
- Hans Smees, retired motorcycle racer
- Sander Boschker, retired goalkeeper with 555 club caps
- Tristan Hoffman, retired road racing cyclist
- Dave Bus, football defender
- Joost Wichman, mountainbiker and former world champion
- Loes Gunnewijk, former professional Dutch racing cyclist, competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Anneke Beerten, mountain cyclist
- Hidde Jurjus, footballer
Theology
- Herman Herbers, theologian and pastor