Geesteren, Gelderland

Geesteren
Geesteren
Dorp
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 52°8′20″N 6°31′35″E / 52.13889°N 6.52639°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	Berkelland
Area
• Total	19.85 km2 (7.66 sq mi)
Population (2007)	1,320

Geesteren is a village in the eastern Netherlands, located in the municipality of Berkelland, Gelderland. It was hit by a small tornado 1988, which lifted the party tent to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Geesteren and moved it two meters.

Geesteren was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with nearby Borculo.^[1]

Buildings[]

Geesteren is well known for its church, which is one of the three churches in Europe with a stepped gable, as a result of this, the tower is topped by two weather cocks instead of just one.

The wind powered grist mill De Ster (The Star) was built in 1859.

Gallery[]

Reformed church
Windsmill: molen de Ster
Sculpture: de Vrouw van 't Starveld

References[]

^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Coordinates: 52°08′20″N 6°31′35″E / 52.13889°N 6.52639°E / 52.13889; 6.52639

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[1] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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