Overview
Until the mid-19th century, the main border crossing into Germany was not at its present location on the Hamelandroute (then still called the Bocholtscheweg), but more than a kilometre farther east. Today this is the ‘green border crossing’ on the Bodendijk.
At that time, the border office was not located directly on the national border itself, but several hundred metres inland, near the Kieftshutte.
The Bodendijk had traditionally been the main road from Aalten to Bocholt. It was therefore no coincidence that after the Reformation — when Catholics in the Netherlands were not permitted to practise their faith — the Bishop of Münster had the Kruiskapel built on the German side of this road in 1675.
In 1859, the border office was moved to a new building at the present border crossing, as had been announced in the Staatscourant a year earlier.
The former border office near the Kieftshutte was probably converted into a farm after the revenue officers left. We believe the residents of the farm called ‘Achterop’ then moved here and brought the name with them.
Residents
Population register 1823–1838
Fredrik Willem van der Horst (Doetinchem, 8 November 1777), revenue collector
Albarta Magdalena Ploegman (Zutphen, 1 June 1786)
Population register 1850–1860
Fredrik Willem van der Horst (Doetinchem, 8 November 1777), state revenue collector
Albarta Magdalena Ploegman (Zutphen, 1 June 1786)
Next residents (1853–1855)
Marinus Hermanus Hengelaar (19 May 1821), state revenue collector
Johanna Hendrina Kamps (18 October 1822)
Next residents (1855–1859)
Antonius Izaak van Deinse (Goes, 17 April 1825), revenue collector
Adriana Cornelia van Poperingen (Goes, 25 April 1824)
Population register 1860–1870
After the revenue officers left, the residents of Heurne 18 (‘Achterop’) moved here (no. 8) during this period:
Derk Willem Olthuis (Wisch, 23 August 1821), farmer
Anna Maria Stockert (Aalten, 26 April 1830)
Population register 1870–1880
Derk Willem Olthuis (Wisch, 23 August 1821), arable farmer
Anna Maria Stockerd (Aalten, 26 April 1830)
Population register 1880–1890
Anna Maria Stockerd (Aalten, 26 April 1830)
Next residents:
Jacob Gillesen (Heinsberg/Germany, 22 June 1846), factory worker / weaver at Kettler, Bocholt
Maria Schmitz (Erkenrath/Germany, 10 October 1848)
Population register 1890–1900
Jacob Gillesen (Heinsberg/Germany, 22 June 1846), factory worker
Maria Schmitz (Erkenrath/Germany, 10 October 1848)
Next residents:
Jan Langenbarg (Ruurlo, 29 October 1844), labourer
Berendina Bulsink (Westendorp, 15 September 1865)
Next residents:
Lammert Nijman (Heurne, 15 February 1840), farmer
Geertruida Hiddink (Heurne, 19 March 1840)
Population register 1900–1910
Heurne 19, later renumbered as Heurne 32 > 14
Lammert Nijman (Heurne, 15 February 1840), farmer
Geertruida Hiddink (Heurne, 19 March 1840)
Population register 1910–1920
Lammert Nijman (Heurne, 15 February 1840), farmer
Geertruida Hiddink (Heurne, 19 March 1840)
Next residents, daughter and son-in-law:
Bernard Beernink (De Heurne, 17 April 1880), farmer
Lamberta Geertruida Nijman (Heurne, 29 September 1880)
Address book 1934
Heurne 21 > 77
Address book 1967
Heurne 77 > Bodendijk 84
Owners
This overview is not complete.
| Year | Plot | Owner | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | E-369 | State Domains | 380 m² house, barn & yard |
| 1861 | E-369 | Hendrik Gabriel van der Kraan, municipal secretary and treasurer in Groenlo | 380 m² house, barn |
| 1879 | E-369 | Anne Maria Stokkers, day labourer | 380 m² house, barn (1880 assessment year: demolished) |
| 1880 | E-1569 | Anne Maria Stokkers, day labourer | 75 m² house (1888 assessment year: sold) |
| 1888 | E-1569 | Gerrit Rijks, messenger or organist | 75 m² house, yard (1888 assessment year: sold) |
| 1888 | E-1569 | Johan Bernard Maitland, civil-law notary | 75 m² house, yard (1895 assessment year: sold) |
| 1895 | E-1569 | Lammert Nijman, farmer | 75 m² house, yard & barn |
| 1912 | E-2140 | Bernard Beernink, farmer | 6,430 m² house, barn & yard |
| 1955 | E-2140 | Hendrik Willem Beernink, farmer | 6,430 m² house, barn, arable land |
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