Blog
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Jan Willem Klanderman: a new life overseas
Jan Willem Klanderman (1830–1918) left Aalten for North America in 1869 and settled in Baldwin, Wisconsin.
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The final flight of Willem Heitmeijer
On 17 November 1964, Aalten-born fighter pilot Willem Heitmeijer lost consciousness during a flight in a Starfighter. His aircraft continued on autopilot all the way into Norway.
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From Dutch Reformed and Reformed to the Protestant Congregation of Aalten
How Aalten’s Dutch Reformed congregation and Reformed Church gradually moved closer together in the twentieth century and merged in 2006.
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Catholic Aalten after the Reformation
After the Reformation, Catholics in Aalten depended for a long time on chapels across the border. From 1790 onwards, they gradually rebuilt an organised Catholic religious life in Aalten itself.
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The school struggle in Aalten
Around 1880, Aalten saw a conflict over Christian education, school governance and church influence. Rev. Gangel played an important role in the dispute.
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Aalten Local History Museum on Dijkstraat (1935–1956)
The history of Aalten’s local history museum on Dijkstraat, from its opening in 1935 to the building’s disappearance in 1956.
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Bridges in Aalten, Bredevoort and the surrounding hamlets
Aalten, Bredevoort and the surrounding buurtschappen have various bridges.
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Interactive route ‘Dwars door Barlo’ brings wartime stories to life
A 19-kilometre journey past eleven historical locations.
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TB Reclining Pavilions in Bredevoort
Wooden pavilions where patients stayed to recover in the early 20th century.
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The Hessenwegen in Aalten and Bredevoort
For centuries, German merchants travelled this ancient trade route with their heavy carts.
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Communal Freezers in Aalten
Facilities where families could rent individual lockers to store frozen food.
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Moving house
“On the rare occasion that a farmer moved, this took place on ‘Saint Peter’s Day’, February 22nd.”
