Overview
In 1904, butcher Jacob Spier commissioned a distinctive Jugendstil building with a small tower on this site. It was designed by the Winterswijk architect J. J. Post.
Abraham van Gelder opened his butcher’s shop here around 1910. He married Reintjen de Jong from Apeldoorn in 1907. His shop was certainly established in Landstraat by 1920.
Together with his brother Levie, who had a butcher’s shop on Dijkstraat, he supplied kosher meat to Aalten’s Jewish community. Other Jewish butchers who did not slaughter according to kosher rules also bought their kosher meat from the Van Gelder brothers.
During the German occupation in the 1940s, Jewish shops were forced to close. Abraham and Reintjen initially moved to Stationsstraat 24. From there, they went into hiding at an address in Oosterkerkstraat.
On 22 August 1944, they were betrayed and arrested. They were taken to Auschwitz on the last deportation train to leave the Netherlands, on 3 September 1944, and were murdered there on 6 September 1944.
A photograph in our archive shows that the Nederlandsche Unie organisation had an office in the building around 1940–1941.
The building was probably demolished in the 1960s and replaced with a new one. That building was itself demolished around 2007 to make way for the Hof van Leerink development.
Intertoys toy shop occupied this address until 2020.
Residents
Population Register 1838–1850
Johann Henrich Elsinghorst (Kruiskapel, 18-08-1807), coppersmith
(1) Catharina Weenink (Groenlo, 08-05-1809)
(2) Hendrika Theresia Kemperman (Varsseveld, 02-05-1816)
Population Register 1850–1860
Johann Henrich Elsinghorst (Kruiskapel, 18-08-1807), coppersmith
Hendrika Theresia Kemperman (Varsseveld, 02-05-1816)
They emigrated with their three children to America on 3 September 1850.
Next residents:
Hendrikus Brethouwer (Aalten, 06-08-1823), shopkeeper
Everdina Wilhelmina Margaretha Smits (Winterswijk, 18-07-1834)
Next residents, Everdina’s moeder en broer:
Willemina Petronella Venderbosch (Lichtenvoorde, 25-01-1809)
Johannes Pieter Smits (Winterswijk, 14-09-1836)
Population Register 1860–1870
Johannes Pieter Smits (Winterswijk, 14-09-1836), shopkeeper
Anna Dina Manschot (Aalten, 03-06-1833)
Population Register 1870–1880
Johannes Pieter Smits (Winterswijk, 14-09-1836), shopkeeper
Anna Dina Manschot (Aalten, 03-06-1833)
Population Register 1880–1890
Johannes Pieter Smits (Winterswijk, 14-09-1836), shopkeeper
Anna Dina Manschot (Aalten, 03-06-1833)
Population Register 1890–1900
Johannes Pieter Smits (Winterswijk, 14-09-1836), shopkeeper
Anna Dina Manschot (Aalten, 03-06-1833)
Next residents:
Derk Johan Wansink (Vorden, 09-05-1867), shopkeeper
Woltera Gerharda Muijderman (Lochem, 10-07-1869)
Population Register 1900–1910
Derk Johan Wansink (Vorden, 09-05-1867), grocer
Woltera Gerharda Muijderman (Lochem, 10-07-1869)
Next residents:
Peter Johan Helders (Aalten, 27-08-1866), painter
Gesina Hendrika van der Wilk (Aalten, 29-07-1865)
Next residents:
Jacob Spier (Gendringen, 16-07-1872), butcher
Jetje Levij (Doetinchem, 15-05-1868)
They moved to Ormelstraat 23.
Next residents:
Gerhardus Antonius Wieland (Doetinchem, 27-12-1881), butcher
Wilhelmina Jacoba Anna Harmsen (Brummen, 25-07-1879)
Next residents:
Hendricus Franciscus Trimbach (Waalwijk, 21-08-1880), master shoemaker
Petronella Johanna van de Ven (Waalwijk, 20-04-1881)
Population Register 1910–1920
Aron van Gelder (Aalten, 22-06-1829), butcher
Next residents, son and daughter-in-law:
Abraham van Gelder (Aalten, 09-11-1878), butcher
Reintjen de Jong (Apeldoorn, 22-10-1881)
Address Directory 1934
D587 > Landstraat 8
Next residents (after 1934):
Population Register 1930–1940
Aalten D587
Moritz Cohen (Neustadtgödens, 07-07-1890), textile merchant
Dina Japhet (Breitenbach, 13-05-1890)
Address Directory 1967
Landstraat 8
D.W. te Hennepe
Owners
This overview is incomplete.
| Year | Plot | Owner | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | I-1256 | widow of Berend Meijerink | 300 m² huis & erf |
| 1846 | I-1256 | Jan Hendrik Elsinkhorst, coppersmith | 300 m² huis & erf |
| 1851 | I-1256 | Hendrikus Brethouwer, shopkeeper | 300 m² huis & erf |
| 1863 | I-1256 | Johannes Pieter Smits, shopkeeper and merchant | 300 m² huis & erf |
| 1895 | I-1256 | Derk Johan Wansink, merchant | 300 m² huis & erf |
| 1905 | I-5112 | Peter Johan Helders, house painter | 296 m² huis & erf |
| 1905 | I-5112 | Jacob Spier, butcher | 296 m² huis & erf |
| 1908 | I-5112 | Gerrit Antonius Wieland, butcher | 296 m² huis & erf |
| 1918 | I-5112 | Abraham van Gelder, butcher | 296 m² huis & erf |
| 1938 | I-6937 | Coöp. Boerenleenbank, Aalten | 290 m² huis & erf |
| 1941 | I-6937 | Johannes Hendrikus van Lochem, electrician | 290 m² huis & erf |
| 1951 | I-6937 | Derk Willem te Hennepe, cabinetmaker | 290 m² huis & erf |
| 1987 | I-8921 | vof S.H.J. Geling, Aalten | 262 m² winkel, woonhuis, erf |