Hengelo

:"This article is about the city in Overijssel, Netherlands. For the town in Gelderland, Netherlands, see Hengelo, Gelderland."----Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hengelo

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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Overijssel
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 61.78
area_land_km2 = 61.06
area_water_km2 = 0.72
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 81431
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Population centres

*Beckum
*Oele
*Hengelo

Traffic and Transport

*Railway Zutphen to Oldenzaal
*Hengelo has a relatively large harbour in the Twentekanaal, a heavily used canal from the Twente region to the IJssel.
*Within the city limits, the only means of public transport is the bus. Some parts of the route are on bus lanes, specifically built for buses to travel faster.
*The A1/E30 from Amsterdam to Moscow goes right through the city.
*The A35 from Enschede to Wierden goes along the west side of the city

The town of Hengelo

Although archeological research indicates the location has been inhabited for thousands of years, the municipality was founded in 1802. At that time it merely consisted of a few hundred farms and landworkers houses.

Hengelo was never granted city rights as it was only a small village that expanded in the 19th Century during the industrial revolution. In the late 19th century it rapidly developed after the construction of an important railway junction. This attracted industry with a focus on technology Stork, Hazemeyer, Heemaf, KHZ (now AKZO Nobel) and Hollandse Signaal Apparaten, now taken over by Thales. Hengelo was the home town of Hengelo Bier, a local brewery.

During WWII the city was often bombed by Allied because of the presence of the railways and the war industry activities of local factories. Accidentally the heart of the town was bombed out, during the Bombing of Hengelo on the 6th and 7th of October 1944, killing several hundred people. This has also left the city without much of an historical centre.

One of the most prominent buildings is the Roman Basilica built in 1890, devoted to H. Lambertus.

[Hengelo Basilica: [http://www.keilholtz.nl/basiliek/basiliek/images/HGL00017.jpg] , [http://www.droste-bv.nl/content/images/lambertus_01.jpg]

Notable Events

*On February 11, 1992, a Dutch F16 crashed into the district Hasseler Es.
*The Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip mention Hengelo in their song "At the Hundreth Meridian", where they "remember Hengelo" after a glorious gig in Metropool (concerthall in Hengelo).

Twin Cities

* Ogre, Latvia
* Plzen, Czech Republic
* Emsdetten, Germany

Notable people born in Hengelo

* Henk Kamp (b. 1952), former Dutch Minister of Defense (12-12-2002 until 21-02-2007)
* Joris Keizer (b. 1979), Dutch butterfly swimmer
* Niels Oude Kamphuis (b. 1977), Dutch soccer player
* Joost Posthuma (b. 1981), Dutch cyclist
* Kirsten Vlieghuis (b. 1976), Dutch freestyle swimmer
* Theo Wolvecamp (b. 1925), Dutch painter, member of Cobra

External links

* [http://www.hengelo.nl Official Website]
* [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.262905,6.795387&spn=0.053372,0.11673&t=k&z=13&om=1 Hengelo on Google Maps]
* [http://www.helemaalhengelo.nl Local activities and events]
* [http://www.hengelobier.com/content/index.php?lang=english Hengelo Bier, a re-established local beer brand]
* [http://www.typischhengelo.nl Typisch Hengelo, Free weekly newspaper]
* [http://www.metropool.nl Metropool, Hengelo's famous musichall]
* [http://www.osgmontessori.nl a local Montessori (secondary} school]
* [http://www.wooldermeent.nl a local (secondary) school]
* [http://www.belgradostraat.nl a street in Hengelo]