Gendringen is a village in the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of Gelderland

Gelderland

Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...

. It is located in the municipality of Oude IJsselstreek

Oude IJsselstreek

Oude IJsselstreek is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. It came into existence on 1 January, 2005 through a merger of the former municipalities Gendringen and Wisch.- Geography and population centres :...

, about 12 km southeast of Doetinchem

Doetinchem

Doetinchem is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the Oude IJssel river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek . The municipality has 56,700 inhabitants and has an area of 79.66 km²...

 and 20 km northwest of the German city Bocholt

Bocholt

There are two towns called Bocholt:* Bocholt, Germany* Bocholt, Belgium...

. It has approximately 4500 inhabitants.
In the Middle Ages, Gendringen was a fortress. Being property of the archbishop of Köln (Cologne), Gendringen was loaned to the lords living in the castle of 's-Heerenberg

's-Heerenberg

s-Heerenberg is a city on the Dutch-German border, in the Province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It is located about 5 km north of the German Emmerich, and about 12 km south of Doetinchem. It received city rights in 1379....

. In 1830, downtown Gendringen burned down for the most part. Nowadays the 'Grotestraat' (the main street and most important street of downtown Gendringen) is a nice shopping street, where most of the entrepreneurs of the town are situated.
Gendringen was a separate municipality until 2005. Then, due to the municipal re-organization in the Achterhoek

Achterhoek

The Achterhoek is a region in the eastern part of the Netherlands, Europe.Its name is geographically appropriate because the area lies in the Eastern-most part of Gelderland, and therefore of the Netherlands, protruding into Germany...

, Gendringen and Wisch joined together to Oude IJsselstreek. Between Gendringen and Ulft

Ulft

Ulft is a town in Oude IJsselstreek in the Achterhoek province in Gelderland, Netherlands.The town has over 10.700 inhabitants and is the biggest town in Oude IJsselstreek. Until 1 January 2005, Ulft was part of the municipality Gendringen...

 (on the north), industrial zone 'De IJsselweide' is located. On the east of Gendringen there is a little forest, called Engbergen, where the highest playground of the region is situated.

Sports

Gendringen has got one football club, v.v. Gendringen, which currently plays in the '4e Klasse' (4th class). Until 2004, Gendringen had an own cycle race called 'Dwars door Gendringen' (right through Gendringen). Since 2006, Gendringen takes part in the Olympia's Tour

Olympia's Tour

The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in May in the Netherlands.-History:A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia’s Tour was in 1909, with three stages and one rest day...

. Examples of famous cyclists who won the race once or more are Servais Knaven

Servais Knaven

Henricus Theodorus Josephus Knaven is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, currently a directeur sportif for Team Sky. Knaven won Paris–Roubaix in 2001 and is the second rider in history to start and finish the race 16 times...

, Jeroen Blijlevens

Jeroen Blijlevens

Jeroen Johannes Hendrikus Blijlevens is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1994 to 2004....

 and Alessandro Petacchi

Alessandro Petacchi

Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling...

. Regularly, the NK (Dutch Championships) Survival takes place in Gendringen. Atletico '73, located in sporting park 'de IJsselweide', is well-known of the athletes Bram Som

Bram Som

Bram Som is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000...

 and Arnoud Okken

Arnoud Okken

Arnoud Okken is a Dutch athlete specialising in the 800 metres.His first international victory came at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Commenting on the win, Okken stated that "my plan was to take the lead and keep away from any trouble...

Born in Gendringen

• Dora Visser (1819-1876), mystic.
• Anthony Christiaan Winand Staring (1767-1840), Dutch author and poet.
• Arne Jansen (1951-2007), Dutch singer

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External links

Map of the former municipality, abt. 1868.