Overijssel Municipalities
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.
| Municipality | Historical information | Main Places Covered |
| Almelo | (Includes the former municipalities Ambt Almelo, Stad Almelo, and parts of Ambt Delden) | Aadorp · Almelo · Bornerbroek · Mariaparochie |
| Borne | (Includes parts of the former municipality Ambt Delden.) | Azelo · Borne · Hertme · Zenderen |
| Dalfsen | (Includes parts of the former municipality Nieuwleusen.) | Ankum · Dalfsen · Hoonhorst · Lemelerveld · Nieuwleusen · Oudleusen |
| Deventer | (Includes the former municipalities Diepenveen and Bathmen.) | Colmschate · Deventer · Diepenveen · Lettele · Okkenbroek · Schalkhaar |
| Dinkelland | (Formed in 2001 from all of Ootmarsum, Denekamp and parts of Weerselo.) | Denekamp · Ootmarsum · Deurningen · Lattrop · Lattrop-Breklenkamp · Noord Deurningen · Oud Ootmarsum · Rossum · Saasveld · Het Stift · Tilligte · Weerselo |
| Enschede | (Includes the former municipality Lonneker.) | Boekelo · Enschede · Glanerbrug · Lonneker · Usselo |
| Haaksbergen | Buurse · Haaksbergen · St. Isidorushoeve | |
| Hardenberg | (Includes the former municipalities Stad Hardenberg, Ambt Hardenberg and Aveerest.) | Balkbrug · Bergentheim · Bruchterveld · De Krim · Dedemsvaart · Gramsbergen · Hardenberg · Heemse · Kloosterhaar · Lutten · Mariënberg · Sibculo · Slagharen |
| Hellendoorn | Daarle · Daarlerveen · Haarle · Hellendoorn · Nijverdal | |
| Hengelo | (Includes part of the former municipality Weerselo.) | Beckum · Hengelo |
| Hof van Twente | (Formed in 2001 from all of Diepenheim and Stad Delden and parts of Ambt Delden, Goor and Markelo.) | Delden · Diepenheim Bentelo · Goor · Hengevelde · Markelo |
| Kampen | (Includes all of the former municipalities Grafthorst, Kamperveen, Wilsum, Zalk en Veecaten, Schokland, and parts of IJsselmuiden and Zwollerkerspel.) | Grafhorst · 's-Heerenbroek · IJsselmuiden · Kampen · Wilsum · Zalk |
| Losser | Beuningen · De Lutte · Glane · Losser · Overdinkel | |
| Oldenzaal | (Includes part of the former municipality Weerselo.) | Oldenzaal |
| Olst-Wijhe | (Formed in 2001 through a union of Olst and Wijhe.) | Boerhaar · Boskamp · Den Nul · Olst· Welsum · Wesepe · Wijhe |
| Ommen | (Includes the former municipalities Ambt Ommen and Stad Ommen.) | Lemele · Ommen · Vilsteren |
| Raalte | (Includes the former municipality Heino and part of Zwollerkerspel.) | Broekland · Heeten · Heino · Laag Zuthem · Lierderholthuis · Luttenberg · Mariënheem · Nieuw-Heeten · Raalte |
| Rijssen-Holten | (Includes the former municipalities Rijssen, Holten and part of Markelo.) | Holten · Rijssen |
| Staphorst | (Includes part of the former municipality Nieuwleusen.) | IJhorst · Rouveen · Staphorst |
| Steenwijkerland | (Includes all of the former municipalities Steenwijk, Brederwiede, IJsselham, Blankenham, Blokzijl, Giethoorn, Kuinre, Oldemarkt, Steenwijkerwold, Vollenhove and Wanneperveen.) | Belt-Schutsloot · Blankenham · Blokzijl · Eesveen · Giethoorn · Kallenkote · Kuinre · Oldemarkt · Ossenzijl · Scheerwolde · Sint Jansklooster · Steenwijkerwold · Steenwijk · Vollenhove · Wanneperveen · Willemsoord |
| Tubbergen | Albergen · Fleringen · Geesteren · Harbrinkhoek · Langeveen · Manderveen · Mariaparochie · Reutum · Tubbergen · Vasse | |
| Twenterand | (Formed in 2001 as a union between Vriezenveen and Den Ham.) | Geerdijk · De Pollen · Den Ham · Vriezenveen · Vroomshoop · Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk |
| Wierden | Enter · Wierden | |
| Zwartewaterland | (Includes all of the former municipalities Genemuiden and Zwartsluis and parts of Hasselt and Zwollerkerspel.) | Genemuiden · Hasselt · Zwartsluis |
| Zwolle | (includes parts of the former municipalities Hasselt, Nieuwleusen, IJsselmuiden and Zwollerkerspel.) | Windesheim · Zwolle |
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 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 1580 Map
Ommen 1525-1550 Map