The address books of the municipality of Aalten, published by “Aaltens Belang” from 1934 to 1970, constitute a valuable source of information for historians and family researchers. These reference works contain an overview of all addresses and their residents at the time in Aalten, Bredevoort and the surrounding buurtschappen. As far as is known, no new address books have been published since 1970.
1934 Address Book: Introduction of street names
Until well into the 20th century, addresses in the municipality of Aalten consisted of the name of the village center or rural district, followed by a house number. As the number of dwellings increased, the house numbering changed several times over the years. In 1933, official street names and house numbers were established for the first time in the built-up areas of Aalten and Bredevoort.
To provide insight into these changes, a guide was published in January 1934 containing an overview of the new and old house numbering. House numbers in the rural districts were also adjusted once again.
Editions
- January 1934
- October 1950 (a supplement was published in December 1951)
- March 1954
- March 1956
- December 1958
- June 1961
- February 1967
- May 1970
1967 Address Book: Further changes and growth
In February 1967, the seventh edition of the Adresboek der gemeente Aalten was published. This edition contains a foreword, in which one can read, among other things:
“Since the 6th edition of our address book in December 1963, there have again been major migrations within this municipality, and the number of new streets has grown even further. Moreover, several streets have been completely renumbered. However, the most significant changes occurred in the rural districts. Until now, for example, we had numbers 1 through 162 in Barlo. Now the rural districts, just like the streets in the centers of Aalten and Bredevoort, have been numbered by road as well. In the future, this will of course be much easier, but it will take a generation before the new names and numbers are fully established. We have therefore also listed the old numbers behind the new ones.”
The 1967 address book is available as a PDF file and can be downloaded here:
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