Terborg is a village in the Dutch

Netherlands

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 province of Gelderland

Gelderland

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, in the east of the Netherlands. 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 :...

. The village lies about 7 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...

. The population is about 4600 inhabitants.

Terborg is situated on the river the Oude IJssel

Oude IJssel

Oude IJssel or Issel is a river in Germany and the Netherlands approximately 80 km long. It is a right tributary of the river IJssel....

. In the centre of the little city lies Castle Wisch, founded in the 13th century (the name "Terborg" means "by the castle"). In the southeast is a nature reserve called the Paasberg ("Easter Mountain"). Terborg has a train station (train route Arnhem

Arnhem

Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...

 - Winterswijk

Winterswijk

Winterswijk is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.Winterswijk is a town with a population of some 30,000 in the Achterhoek which lies in the most eastern part of the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It was also known as Winethereswick, Winriswic or Wenterswic...

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Terborg received city rights in 1419. The patron saint of the city is Saint George

Saint George

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. Its coat of arms

Coat of arms

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 still is Saint George on a horse, killing a dragon

Dragon

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Until 1813 Terborg was part of the fiefdom

Fiefdom

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 Wisch, together with the villages Silvolde en Varsseveld

Varsseveld

Varsseveld is a town in the Netherlands, located in the Dutch municipality of Oude IJsselstreek. It is the hometown of football coach Guus Hiddink, and of cyclist Robert Gesink....

. Terborg was a separate municipality until 1818 when it was merged with Varsseveld into municipality Wisch

Wisch (Gelderland)

Wisch is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The municipality was created in 1818, in a merger of Terborg and Varsseveld, and existed until 2005, when it became a part of the new municipality of Oude IJsselstreek....

 (equal to the ancient fiefdom). In 2005 it formed municipality Oude IJsselstreek with municipality Gendringen

Gendringen

Gendringen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Oude IJsselstreek, about 12 km southeast of Doetinchem and 20 km northwest of the German city Bocholt. It has approximately 4500 inhabitants....

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