Tubbergen
Tubbergen is a municipality and town in the province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands.
Geography
The following population centres can be found in Tubbergen:Politics
At the 2022 municipal elections, the 19-seat municipal council of Tubbergen was composed as follows.Society
The municipality has a high birth rate and the lowest divorce rate in the Netherlands. Politically, Tubbergen has one of the largest shares of Christian Democratic Appeal voters at 61.29% in 2018, although this dropped to 29.33% in 2022.According to a 2009 survey by the Algemeen Dagblad, Tubbergen has the lowest crime rate of all municipalities in the Netherlands. According to the mayor, this is primarily because of a strong sense of community.
Notable people
- Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen a lawyer, Dutch and Prussian civil servant, agriculturalist, botanist, physician and pioneer in the field of homeopathy
- Herman Schaepman a Dutch priest, politician and poet
- Gerard Bruggink a Dutch pilot of the Royal [Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force]
Sport
- Berny Boxem-Lenferink, middle-distance runner, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Gerco Schröder, show jumping equestrian, participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Nicole Oude Luttikhuis, volleyball player, participated in the Dutch national women's volleyball team