Goor

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Goor
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Coordinates: 52°13′56″N 6°35′12″E / 52.23222°N 6.58667°E / 52.23222; 6.58667
Country	Netherlands
Province	Overijssel
Municipality	Hof van Twente
Population	12,314 (01−01−2,008)

Sculpture: the history of Goor

Goor (pronounced [ɣoːr]) is a town about 20 km North west of Enschede in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It received town rights in 1263. The population is about 13,000.

Goor was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became a part of Hof van Twente.^[1] Goor was the site of a statue of the republican leader Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol, but the statue was destroyed by royalists Orangists after the republican movement was crushed in 1787.

Transportation[]

Railway Station: Goor

Notables[]

• Erik Cent (1962), cyclist
• Rutger Kopland (1934-2012), poet
• Tommy Wieringa (1964-), writer
• Jelle Klaasen (1984-), Darts Player
• (1979-), poet
• (1964-), Orchestra conductor and composer
• Hinkelien Schreuder (1984- ), swimmer

References[]

External links[]

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Goor". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

Gallery[]

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  Goor, church: Hofkerk

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  Goor, Hofkerk in the street

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  Goor, windmill: Braakmolen

Coordinates: 52°13′59″N 6°35′05″E / 52.23306°N 6.58472°E / 52.23306; 6.58472

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