Overijssel Municipalities: Difference between revisions

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== List of Current Municipalities in Overijssel ==

There are currently 26 municipalities(''gemeenten'') in Overijssel. This list lists them all, the former municipalities that they have absorbed and the ''Steden'' (Cities), ''Dorpen'' (Towns/Villages) within them. ''Buurtschapen'' (Hamlets) may not all be listed. For these visit the municipalitiy's page on this wiki or on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

|             '''Historical information'''  

|             '''Main Places Covered'''

| (Includes the former municipalities Ambt Almelo, Stad Almelo, and parts of Ambt Delden)

| (Includes parts of the former municipality Ambt Delden.)

| Dalfsen  

| (Includes parts of the former municipality Nieuwleusen.)

| (Includes the former municipalities Diepenveen and Bathmen.)

| (Formed in 2001 from all of Ootmarsum, Denekamp and parts of Weerselo.)

| (Includes the former municipality Lonneker.)

| (Includes the former municipalities Stad Hardenberg, Ambt Hardenberg and Aveerest.)

| (Includes part of the former municipality Weerselo.)

| (Formed in 2001 from all of Diepenheim and Stad Delden and parts of Ambt Delden, Goor and Markelo.)

| (Includes all of the former municipalities Grafthorst, Kamperveen, Wilsum, Zalk en Veecaten, Schokland, and parts of IJsselmuiden and Zwollerkerspel.)

| (Includes part of the former municipality Weerselo.)

| (Formed in 2001 through a union of Olst and Wijhe.)

| (Includes the former municipalities Ambt Ommen and Stad Ommen.)

| (Includes the former municipality Heino and part of Zwollerkerspel.)

| (Includes the former municipalities Rijssen, Holten and part of Markelo.)

| (Includes part of the former municipality Nieuwleusen.)

| Steenwijkerland  

| (Includes all of the former municipalities Steenwijk, Brederwiede, IJsselham, Blankenham, Blokzijl, Giethoorn, Kuinre, Oldemarkt, Steenwijkerwold, Vollenhove and Wanneperveen.)

| (Formed in 2001 as a union between Vriezenveen and Den Ham.)

| Zwartewaterland  

| (Includes all of the former municipalities Genemuiden and Zwartsluis and parts of Hasselt and Zwollerkerspel.)

| (includes parts of the former municipalities Hasselt, Nieuwleusen, IJsselmuiden and Zwollerkerspel.)

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== List of Former Municipalities in Overijssel  ==

* ''Ambt Almelo''' ''Absorbed into Almelo in 1914''  

* ''Ambt Delden''' ''Dissolved in 2001 and split between Hof van Twente, Almelo and Borne''  

* ''Ambt Hardenberg''' ''Absorbed into Hardenberg in 1941''  

* ''Ambt Ommen''' ''Absorbed into Ommen in 1923''  

* ''Ambt Vollenhove''' ''Absorbed into Vollenhove in 1942 and then into Steenwijkerland in 1973''  

* ''Avereest''' ''Absorbed into Hardenberg in 2001''  

* ''Bathmen''' ''Absorbed into Deventer in 2005''  

* ''Blankenham''' ''Absorbed into Steenwijkerland in 1973''  

* ''Blokzijl''' ''Absorbed into Steenwijkerland in 1973''  

* ''Brederwiede''' ''Absorbed into Steenwijkerland in 2001''  

* ''Den Ham ''' ''Absorbed into Twenterand in 2001''  

* ''Denekamp''' ''Absorbed into Dinkelland in 2002''  

* ''Diepenheim''' ''Absorbed into Hof van Twente in 2001''  

* ''Diepenveen''' ''Absorbed into Deventer in 1999''  

* ''Genemuiden''' ''Absorbed into Zwarterwaterland in 2001''  

* ''Giethoorn''' ''Absorbed into Steenwijkerland in 1973''  

* ''Grafthorst''' ''Absorbed into Kampen in 1937''  

* ''Hasselt''' ''Dissolved in 2001 and split between Hasselt and Zwolle''  

* ''Heino''' ''Absorbed into Raalte in 2001''  

* ''Holten''' ''Absorbed into Rijssen-Holten in 2001''  

* ''IJsselham''' ''Absorbed into Steenwijkerland in 2001''  

* ''IJsselmuiden''' ''Dissolved in 2001 and split between Kampen and Zwolle''  

* ''Kamperveen''' ''Absorbed into Kampen in 1937''  

* ''Kuinre''' ''Absorbed into Steenwijkerland in 1973''  

* ''Lonneker''' ''Absorbed into Enschede in 1934''  

* ''Markelo''' ''Dissolved in 2001 and split between Hof van Twente and Rijssen-Holten''  

* ''Niewuleusen''' ''Dissolved in 2001 and split between Dalfsen, Zwolle and Staphorst ''  

* ''Oldemarkt''' ''Absorbed into Steenwijkerland in 1973''  

* ''Olst''' ''Absorbed into Olst-Wijhe in 2001/2002''  

* ''Ootmarsum''' ''Absorbed into Dinkelland in 2001''  

* ''Rijssen''' ''Absorbed into Rijssen-Holten in 2001/2003''  

* ''Schokland''' ''Absorbed into Kampen in 1859''  

* ''Stad Almelo''' ''Absorbed into Almelo in 1914''  

* ''Stad Delden''' ''Absorbed into Hof van Twente in 2001''  

* ''Stad Hardenberg''' ''Absorbed into Hardenberg in 1941''  

* ''Stad Ommen''' ''Absorbed into Ommen in 1923''  

* ''Stad Vollenhove''' ''Absorbed into Vollenhove in 1942 and then into Steenwijkerland in 1973''  

* ''Steenwijk''' ''Absorbed into Steenwijkerland in 2003''  

* ''Steenwijkerwold''' ''Absorbed into Steenwijkerland in 1973''  

* ''Vollenhove''' ''Absorbed into Vollenhove in 1973''  

* ''Vriezenveen''' ''Absorbed into Twenterand in 2001''  

* ''Wanneperveen''' ''Absorbed into Steenwijkerland in 1973''  

* ''Weerselo ''' ''Dissolved in 2001 and split between Oldenzaal, Dinkelland and Hengelo''  

* ''Wijhe''' ''Absorbed into Olst-Wijhe in 2001''  

* ''Wilsum''' ''Absorbed into Wilsum in 1937''  

* ''Zalk en Veecaten''' ''Absorbed into Kampen in 1937''  

* ''Zwartsluis''' ''Absorbed into Zwartewaterland in 2001''  

* ''Zwollerkerspel''' ''Dissolved in 1967 and is now split between Zwolle, Zwartewaterland(from 2001), Kampen and Raalte''  

== Maps of Municipalities in 1868 ==

This [http://www.atlas1868.nl/ov/index.html page] has maps for all the municipalities of Overijssel in 1868. The only municipality that had already been absorbed then was Schokland, which was part of Kampen.

== Maps from the 16th Century ==

Kampen [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Kampen_1580.jpg 1580 Map]  

 

Ommen [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/VonDemTeutschenLand.jpg 1525-1550 Map]

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