Bornerbroek is a church village in the municipality of Almelo

Almelo

Almelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie and Bornerbroek....

 in Twente

Twente

Twente is a non-administrative region in the eastern Netherlands. It encompasses the most urbanised and easternmost part of the province of Overijssel...

, the Dutch

Netherlands

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 province of Overijssel

Overijssel

Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...

. The village has approximately 1800 inhabitants. Up to the municipal reallocation of 1 January 2001, the village was part of the municipality of Borne.

History

In the late Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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, Bornerbroek was the name of a group of farms. According to tradition, the village was originally meant to be located more in the vicinity of Enter

Enter (town)

Enter is a village in the eastern Netherlands. Enter is located in the municipality of Wierden, Overijssel, between Almelo, Goor, Bornerbroek and Rijssen. It has approximately 7500 inhabitants.- History:...

, but during transport, the axis of the vehicle transporting the building materials for the new church (the first St. Stephen's church) broke, leading to the decision to build the church at that spot.
The suffix -broek in the village name is a reference to a marsh in the vicinity of the village. Names like De Mors (A district of Bornerbroek) also point to this.

The current St Stephen's church was built in 1856 and fundamentally reconstructed in 1919-1920 by A.J. Kropholler.