Thema: Clubs & Societies

  • De Eendracht

    De Eendracht

    Music society in Aalten, founded in 1896.

  • s.v. Bredevoort

    s.v. Bredevoort

    Football club in Bredevoort, founded in 1953.

  • AD’69

    AD’69

    Football club Football club AD’69 was formed in 1969 through a merger between vv Aalten and DVO. The present Sportpark Zuid also came into use that year and has since been expanded and modernised several times. In 2018 the sports complex underwent a major redevelopment and became a multifunctional facility used by several clubs, including…

  • AZSV

    AZSV

    Voetbalvereniging De Aalten Zaterdag Sportvereniging (AZSV) werd opgericht op 5 juni 1948. De eerste voorzitter was ds. Kroneman en de heren Van Huet en Lievers waren de eerste secretaris respectievelijk penningmeester. AZSV telde bij de oprichting 35 leden en startte met voetballen op een terrein aan de Bodendijk. Daarna speelde het een tijdje op de…

  • Dorcas

    Dorcas

    Sewing society in Aalten, founded in 1905.

  • Aalten Small Business Federation (FAM)

    Aalten Small Business Federation (FAM)

    The Federatie Aaltense Middenstand (FAM) was an association of local businesses.

  • Aalten Gets Its Own Twen Club

    Aalten Gets Its Own Twen Club

    In 1966 several young people took the initiative to establish their own youth club.

  • New clubhouse for scouts

    New clubhouse for scouts

    The clubhouse was built in the Veldhuisbosje on Haartsestraat.

  • Playground Associations

    Playground Associations

    In 1955, the first playground association in the municipality of Aalten was founded in Bredevoort.

  • Associations in Aalten (1950)

    Associations in Aalten (1950)

    The list below contains details of 223 associations, as published in the Adresboek der Gemeente Aalten (Aalten municipal address directory), issued in 1950. The association names are reproduced as they appeared in the historical source. The table columns are: association name, secretary and address.

  • C.J.V. Timotheüs

    C.J.V. Timotheüs

    From the mid-nineteenth century until well into the twentieth century, Aalten had a variety of church youth associations. These included the Dutch Reformed boys’ associations ‘Josa’, ‘De Knipperbol’ and ‘Het Vendel’, and the girls’ associations ‘De Kaarsvlam’ and ‘Zonnestraal’. Below are extracts from a number of newspaper articles about the Christian Young Men’s Association (C.J.V.)…

  • Zentralverband Chr. Textilarbeiter, branch  Aalten

    Zentralverband Chr. Textilarbeiter, branch Aalten

    At the beginning of the 20th century, Aalten had its own branch of a German textile union

  • G.M.V. Lydia

    G.M.V. Lydia

    Reformed Girls’ Association, founded in 1905.

  • Thalia Theatre Society

    Thalia Theatre Society

    The earliest references to this society date from 1900-1904.

  • G.J.V. Maranatha / Calvijn

    G.J.V. Maranatha / Calvijn

    Reformed Young Men’s Association, founded in 1883.

  • Symphonia

    Symphonia

    Mixed choral society, founded in 1868.

  • G.J.V. ‘Uw Koninkrijk Kome’

    G.J.V. ‘Uw Koninkrijk Kome’

    Reformed Young Men’s Association, founded in 1868.