Old Aalten

Category: Military Police

  • Border Office & Tram Station Heurne

    Border Office & Tram Station Heurne

    Hamelandroute 91, Heurne (vanished)

    Border Office Heurne-Hemden
    Border office (left) and tram station (with veranda), Heurne

    In 1859, the border office in the Aalten Heurne was moved from the Bodendijk (now Kiefteweg) to the former Bocholtscheweg, the current Hamelandroute. This was the building on the left in the photo above.

    Tram and marechaussee

    In 1910, a station for the steam tram on the Bocholt-Aalten-Lichtenvoorde line was erected next to the border office (the building with the veranda, on the right in the photo above). In 1932, this tram station was converted into a marechaussee barracks. In the late 1930s, the marechaussee moved to a new barracks on the Ringweg. The former tram station was converted into a border office. Around 1960, the ‘new’ border office was stripped of its characteristic veranda.

    Border Office

    In the mid-1970s, the old border office from 1859 was demolished. Subsequently, a modern single-storey office was built on the same site. After this new building was completed, the former tram station was also demolished.

    It was a busy border crossing. The customs post was manned 24 hours a day. During peak periods, fifty to sixty customs officers sometimes worked there. Following the establishment of the Schengen Agreement, the customs post was permanently closed on December 31, 1992. The office remained in use for years afterward by various small businesses. It was demolished in 2024.

    Features

    Cadastral no.R-689
    Old border office
    FunctionBorder Office
    Year of construction1859
    Demolitionca. 1975
    Old tram station
    FunctionsTram station,
    Marechaussee barracks, Border office
    Year of construction1910
    Renovation1932 and 1939
    Demolitionca. 1975

    Photo album

    Hemden-Heurne border (by Hans Schutte)
    Border office and tram station Heurne (top left), from the German side
    Border Office Aalten-Bocholt
    Photo from ‘Unser Bocholt’
    Tram station, 1920
    Border Office Heurne (NL) and Zollamt Hemden (D)
    Border Office Heurne-Hemden
    Former tram station, without veranda
    Border Office Aalten (Heurne-Hemden)
    Former tram station, without veranda
    Demolition of former tram station, ca. 1975
    Hemden-Heurne border, 1922
    Border office and tram station, 1922
    Border Office Heurne, built in 1859 (photo 1930s)
    Border Office Heurne, ca. 1930-1940
    Border Office Heurne-Hemden, Aalten - Dagblad Tubantia, September 3, 1971
    Dagblad Tubantia, September 3, 1971
    Border Office Heurne-Hemden, built in 1859 (by Hans Schutte)
    Border Office Heurne, ca. 1973
    Border Office Hemden-Heurne (Google Streetview, 2022)
    The later border office that was in use as such until 1992 (photo: Google Streetview, 2022)

    Newspaper reports

    Withdrawal of Kiefthutte office, as of May 1, 1859
    Withdrawal of Kiefthutte office as of May 1, 1859
    Tender Border Office Aalten - Staatscourant, 01-09-1858
    Staatscourant, 9 January 1858
    Border Office Heurne, Baerts - Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 11-17-1859
    Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 17 November 1859
    Tram Station Heurne - Aaltensche Courant, 03-09-1910
    Aaltensche Courant, 9 March 1910
    Border Office Heurne (Aalten), A. Kerbof - Aaltensche Courant, 02-05-1926
    Aaltensche Courant, 5 February 1926
    Marechaussee Aalten - Graafschapbode, 12-11-1931
    De Graafschapbode, 11 December 1931
    Border office, tram station - Aaltensche Courant, 03-17-1939
    Aaltensche Courant, 17 March 1939
    Border Office Heurne (Aalten), A. Kerbof - Yearbook of Tax Authorities Officials 1946
    Yearbook of Tax Authorities Officials, 1946

    Owners

    This overview is incomplete.

    YearPlotOwnerDescription
    1861E-1287State Domains180 m² house, yard
    1883E-1287
    E-1288
    E-1289    		The State180 m² house, yard (Heurne 18)
    510 m² house, yard (Heurne 19)
    180 m² house, yard (Heurne 20)
    1911E-2282The State1,950 m² tram station, arable land, heath & pines
    1933E-2282The State1,950 m² tram station, national office, arable land, heath & pines
    1965E-2603The State1,837 m² national office, house, arable land
    1985R-264The State9.660 m² building, yard
    Border Office Hemden-Heurne - Fragment of cadastral map, 1861
    Border Office – Fragment of cadastral map, 1861
    Tram Station, Heurne - Fragment of cadastral map, 1912 ATN02_E_181
    Border Office & Tram Station – Fragment of cadastral map, 1912

    Residents

    Population register 1860-1870

    Heurne 15a

    Willem Baerts (The Hague, 07-01-1832), collector
    Frederica Jacomina Johanna Jacoba Cats (Groede, 08-26-1836)

    Subsequent residents (1862-1874):

    Gerrit Jan van Soest (Tiel, 11-05-1802), national collector
    Agatha Margaretha Woudenberg (Boxtel, 11-05-1809)

    Heurne 15b

    Cornelus Johannes Josias Morin (Venlo, 12-10-1819), clerk
    Geertruida van Heel (Nijmegen, 12-24-1833)

    Next residents:

    Jan Xavier Hoff (Clemency/L, 11-04-1807), clerk
    Lotta Antonetta Alberdina van der Beesten (Maasweil, 08-24-1836)

    Next residents:

    Jan Poppe Terweel (Blesse, 06-24-1828), clerk
    Anna Sophia Jacoba Zintgraaf (Amsterdam, 11-12-1832)

    Population register 1870-1880

    Heurne 18

    Gerrit Jan van Soest (Tiel, 11-05-1802), national collector
    Agatha Margaretha Woudenberg (Boxtel, 11-05-1809)

    Subsequent residents (1874):

    Franciscus van de Voort (Hunsel, 05-10-1832), clerk collector
    Barbara Hentjens (Landeken, 09-12-1835)

    Subsequent residents (1874-1881):

    Adrianus van der Kruk (The Hague, 03-05-1821), collector
    Hendrika Willemina Meijer (Zutphen, 07-25-1812)

    Heurne 19

    Paulus Zijser (The Hague, 12-28-1836), clerk
    Theodora Cornelia Janssen (Aardenburg, 05-10-1846)

    Subsequent resident (1873-1874):

    Hendrik Matthijs Hubert Bruls (Orsbeek, 12-02-1847), clerk

    Subsequent residents (1870-1871):

    Mattheus van Kooij (Wijhe, 10-28-1840), clerk
    Berendina Remmiggina Hoetjen (Deventer, 05-15-1838)

    Subsequent residents (1871-1873):

    Antonius Höfkens (Nijmegen, 03-26-1837), clerk
    Wilhelmina Jacoba Huberta Huibers (Nijmegen, 07-19-1843)

    Heurne 20

    Jan Poppe Terweel (Blesse, 06-24-1828), clerk
    Anna Sophia Jacoba Zintgraaf (Amsterdam, 11-12-1832)

    Subsequent residents (1870):

    Adriaan Arnold den Hartogh (Budel, 04-13-1843), clerk

    Subsequent residents (1870-1873):

    Johannes Hendrikus Krijlen (Nijmegen, 06-26-1835), official
    Johanna Hermina Buijnink (Lichtenvoorde, 10-23-1843)

    Subsequent residents (1872-1873):

    Herman Lodewijk Joseph de Leur (Well, 04-11-1849), clerk

    Subsequent residents (1876-1877):

    Heurne 20

    Hermanus Franciscus Wolfs (Maastricht, 11-22-1841), national official
    Gerritjen Boland (Wisch, 10-20-1841)

    Subsequent residents (-1880):

    Gerard Herman Filet (Amsterdam, 12-08-1842), national official
    Berendina Neerhof (Aalten, 08-21-1855)

    Heurne 20

    Johannes Matheus Sluijtman (Nijmegen, 07-31-1832), clerk
    Petronella Barnauw (Nijmegen, 05-29-1830)

    Population register 1880-1890

    Heurne 18

    Adrianus van der Kruk (The Hague, 03-05-1821), national collector
    Hendrika Willemina Meijer (Zutphen, 07-25-1812)

    Subsequent residents (1881-1893):

    Casper Hendrik Klinge (Amsterdam, 06-17-1828), national collector
    Johanna Wilhelmina Burgers (Den Helder, 03-19-1843)

    Heurne 19

    Gerard Herman Filet (Amsterdam, 12-08-1842), national official
    Berendina Neerhof (Aalten, 08-21-1855)

    Next residents:

    Jan Langendoen (Oudenhoorn, 04-10-1850), national official

    Next residents:

    Hendrik Gerrit te Vaanholt (Exel, 11-08-1851), national official
    Reintjen Toorneman (Bathmen, 03-08-1850)

    Next residents:

    Johannes Idarus Dorgelo (Den Ham, 02-01-1859), clerk at National Taxes
    Geertruida Willemina Toebes (Winterswijk, 11-14-1861)

    Heurne 20

    Johannes Matheus Sluijtman (Nijmegen, 07-31-1832), national official
    Petronella Barnauw (Nijmegen, 05-29-1830)

    Subsequent residents (1880):

    Benjamin Driessen (Aalten, 05-19-1853), clerk

    Subsequent residents (1880):

    Johannes Josephus Blomesath (Aalten, 07-27-1850), clerk
    Maria Hendrika Willemina Vultink (Aalten, 09-08-1855)

    Subsequent residents (1888):

    Jan Bloten (Ommen, 06-02-1856), clerk
    Mina Aleida Weggelaar (Bredevoort, 12-17-1859)

    Subsequent residents (1889):

    Herman Neeuwveld (Diepenveen, 11-27-1857), clerk
    Petronella Geertruida Catharina van Heuven (Angerlo, 06-11-1862)

    Next residents:

    Heurne 20

    Hendrik Godron (Appeltern, 09-27-1855), clerk
    Elisabeth Hendrina Haertzdorf (Aerdt, 02-26-1863)

    Population register 1890-1900

    Heurne 20

    Casper Hendrik Klinge (Amsterdam, 06-17-1828), clerk collector
    Johanna Wilhelmina Burgers (Den Helder, 03-19-1843)

    Subsequent residents (1894-1895):

    Henri Hubert Maes (Ixelles/B, 03-04-1841), clerk collector
    Susanna Frederika Muller (Lobith, 08-03-1851)

    Subsequent residents (1895-1897):

    Jan Roemeling (Winschoten, 11-24-1848), clerk collector
    Hindertje Wiertsema (Nieuweschans, 08-08-1855)

    Subsequent residents (1897-1907):

    Teije Jacobus Aukes (Vledder, 02-11-1843), clerk collector
    Geertruida Georgina Becht (Bergen op Zoom, 12-15-1845)

    Heurne 21

    Johannes Idarus Dorgelo (Den Ham, 02-01-1859), clerk
    Geertruida Willemina Toebes (Winterswijk, 11-14-1861)

    Next residents:

    Berend van Klinken (Onstwedde, 10-25-1854), clerk
    Geessien Toorman (Nieuwe Pekela, 12-09-1857)

    Next residents:

    Pieter van Goor (Zuidwolde, 02-22-1865), clerk
    Wilhelmina Magdalena Spekking (Bijland, 11-09-1865)

    Next residents:

    Eiko Harmen van Driessen (Zwolle, 01-13-1845), clerk
    Grada Johanna Vaags (Aalten, 04-27-1857)

    Heurne 22

    Hendrik Godron (Appeltern, 09-27-1855), clerk
    Elisabeth Hendrina Haertzdorf (Aerdt, 02-26-1863)

    Albert van der Werf (Texel, 07-29-1864), clerk
    Anna van der Wiele (Den Helder, 03-30-1867)

    Johannes Cornelis Janknegt (Rotterdam, 09-16-1859), national official
    Hetje Kasander (Gorinchem, 04-05-1869)

    Berend Jan Broekhuizen (Lochem, 09-19-1869), clerk
    Johanna Maria Albers (Aalten, 03-01-1869)

    Population register 1900-1910

    Heurne 29

    Teije Jacobus Aukes (Vledder, 02-11-1843), clerk collector
    Geertruida Georgina Becht (Bergen op Zoom, 12-15-1845)

    Subsequent residents (1907-1908):

    Heurne 46 > 33

    Klaas Jans Smeding (Oostdongeradeel, 07-06-1855), clerk collector
    Grietje Luitjen Feensma (Schiermonnikoog, 09-23-1865)

    Subsequent residents (1909-1911):

    Johannes Jacobus Brauers (Middelburg, 01-27-1853), clerk collector
    Elisabeth Jongepier (Middelburg, 11-22-1847)

    Subsequent residents (1911-1921):

    Heurne 29a

    Eiko Harmen van Driessen (Zwolle, 01-13-1845), clerk
    Grada Johanna Vaags (Aalten, 04-27-1857)

    Next residents:

    Johannes Albertus Schrijver (Hellevoetsluis, 07-01-1872), clerk
    Susanna Hendrikse (Woudenberg, 01-29-1867)

    Next residents:

    Wilhelmus Theodorus ter Beek (Rheden, 01-20-1876), national official

    Next residents:

    Jacob Weijenberg (Apeldoorn, 02-26-1877), clerk
    Heintje Lieferink (Lochem, 12-18-1879)

    Heurne 29b

    Berend Jan Broekhuizen (Lochem, 09-19-1869), clerk
    Johanna Maria Albers (Aalten, 03-01-1869)

    Adam Kersten (Beilen, 10-12-1869), national official
    Johanna Gertruida Maatjes (Hoogeveen, 09-19-1871)

    Paulus Datema (Leeuwarden, 10-25-1875), clerk
    Doumina Graalman (Borger Compagnie, 10-05-1875)

    Willem van Hoboken (Hellevoetsluis, 04-08-1878), national official
    Barbara Johanna Harmina van der Moolen (Arnhem, 05-27-1878)

    Heurne 46b > 32

    Willem van Hoboken (Hellevoetsluis, 04-08-1878), national official
    Barbara Johanna Harmina van der Moolen (Arnhem, 05-27-1878)

    Population register 1910-1920

    Heurne 33 > 40

    Benjamin Driessen (Aalten, 05-19-1853), clerk collector
    Johanna Prinsen (Aalten, 07-16-1855)

    Heurne 40 is no (longer) mentioned.

    Heurne 32

    Willem van Hoboken (Hellevoetsluis, 04-08-1878), national official
    Barbara Johanna Harmina van der Moolen (Arnhem, 05-27-1878)

    Subsequent residents (1911-1913):

    Heurne 32

    Hendrik Wessels (Tholen, 03-12-1880), national official
    Mijntje van Beerschoten (Maartensdijk, 05-22-1878)

    Next residents:

    Heurne 32 > 38

    Bernardus Jacobus de Vries (Dalen, 01-05-1881), national official
    Klazina Klein (Avereest, 12-16-1884)

    Population register 1920-1930

    Heurne 38

    Albert Kerbof (Termunterzijl, 01-21-1893)
    Elizabeth de Vries (Lekkerkerk, 05-11-1890)

    Address directory 1934

    Heurne 39a > 61

    Marechaussee barracks

    Heurne 39 > 61a

    H. de Wilde

    Heurne 38 > 62

    A. Kerbof

    Address directory 1967

    Heurne 61 > Hamelandroute 91

    Border Office

    Sources

  • Constabulary barracks

    Constabulary barracks

    Ringweg 39, Aalten

    Constabulary barracks, Ringweg, Aalten

    The Aalten Marechausseekazerne (Royal Military Constabulary barracks) was built around 1937. Previously, the constabulary had been stationed at the Heurne-Hemden border crossing. The premises contained three houses intended for the families of the constabulary and a service section, which was larger than the residential parts. There were also additional rooms for unmarried officers. These men were required to serve a certain number of years with the Marechaussee before they were permitted to marry, and therefore lived on-site.

    The service section contained two holding cells, and all three houses were equipped with a ‘gas cellar’ to provide shelter in the event of a war involving gas attacks. During World War II, a V-1 flying bomb landed next to the barracks; however, given the sturdy construction typical of military objects, the building suffered virtually no damage.

    World War II

    When war broke out on 10 May 1940, Sergeant (wachtmeester) Sijbring—who was on night duty—warned the officers of the German advance. A number of them fled by bicycle via the Wolboom towards Bronkhorst, where they crossed the IJssel. From there, they could be deployed in the defence of the Netherlands.

    If people were arrested during the war, they were taken either to the Town Hall, where the NSB (Dutch Nazi Party) was based, or to the Marechaussee barracks. A number of constabulary officers were still stationed there. On one occasion, the resistance leader ‘Ome Jan’ Wikkerink was arrested and brought to the barracks. The resistance quickly devised a plan to liberate him. They made an arrangement with the guard, the younger Officer Bruggeman, that they would give him a black eye and stun him with chloroform. In this manner, Ome Jan was freed. When the SD (German security service) arrived shortly after and found the guard with a black eye and barely conscious, they believed his story, and he avoided any repercussions.

    Residences

    The barracks were closed on 1 March 1968. Subsequently, the building was transferred to the Government Buildings Agency. In 1989, the houses were sold to the tenants and passed into private ownership.

    Archives

    Address directory 1967

    Ringweg 39

    Constabulary barracks

    Features

    Cadastral no.L-1508/1507/
    2643/1332
    FunctionConstabulary barracks,
    Residential housing
    Opening1937
    Closure1968
    Listedno

    Sources

    Royal Military Constabulary Barracks Aalten
    Military Constabulary Barracks, Aalten – Staatscourant, 22 December 1936
    Staatscourant, 22 December 1936
    Military Constabulary Barracks, Aalten – De Graafschapper, 22 January 1937
    De Graafschapper, 22 January 1937