Business

Hanze

A merchant family from Aalten around 1600

How the Schenk-Voerknecht family grew into an international merchant dynasty.
Johan Bernard Anton Driessen (1797-1879)

Anton Driessen

Anton Driessen (1797–1879) was a prominent textile manufacturer in Aalten.
Ten Have's freezer-locker plant, Haartsestraat 1-1, 1969

Communal Freezers in Aalten

Facilities where families could rent individual lockers to store frozen food.
Gasworks, Bredevoortsestraatweg, Aalten

Gasworks

Bredevoortsestraatweg 109, Aalten
Horn industry in Aalten

History of the Aalten horn industry

Aalten is the only place in the Netherlands where a horn industry was established.
Koala Body Fashion (1982)

Koala Body Fashion

Industriestraat 15, Aalten
Aalten, 1924 – Members of the Monasso family with a float used in a parade where craftsmen presented themselves

Monasso: Italian Terrazzo Workers in Aalten

Operating in the Achterhoek for over a century.
Peters & Gans Pipe Factory, Admiraal de Ruyterstraat, Aalten

Peters & Gans Pipe Factory

Haartsestraat 3 / Adm. de Ruyterstraat 1c, Aalten
Gebroeders Driessen, Aalten – Steam Weaving Mill and Natural Bleachery

The Driessen Textile Family

They played a significant role in the economic development of Aalten.
Landstraat 5, Aalten (2024)

Warenhuis Geling

Landstraat 5, Aalten
De Pol watermill, Aalten

Watermill on the Pol

Polstraat, Aalten (no longer extant)
Wisselink Textiles

Wisselink Textiles

Eerste Broekdijk 85, Aalten (no longer extant)