Thema: Law & Order
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Aalten Police
Aalten
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Bredevoort Fire Brigade
Until 1987, Bredevoort had its own fire brigade.
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Border Office & Tram Station Heurne
Hamelandroute 91, Heurne
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Jan Steven Schaars Prins
State Constable from 1858 to 1885, who inspired both fear and awe
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Police Station
Polstraat 36, Aalten (relocated)
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Aalten Fire Service
In 1889, the ‘Regulation on the Fire Engine Service and the extinguishing of fires in the municipality of Aalten’ was established.
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Oberink
Köstersbulte 2, Aalten
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Markt 3
Aalten
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Markt 9
Aalten
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Constabulary barracks
Ringweg 39, Aalten
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Old Prison
Prinsenstraat 40, Aalten
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Ter Maat Hair Salon
Landstraat 14-18, Aalten
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De Geste
Markt 4, Aalten
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Three fires in the Willemstraat
In 1978, a home and a vacant villa burned down within a short space of time.
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Rickety police garage collapsed
With a resounding thud, the police station garage collapsed in 1970
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Modern-day Robin Hood
The youthful J. P. from Bredevoort went hunting with a bow and arrow in 1968.
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Heavy sentences for looting
Report of a session of the Military Court in Aalten, 1945.
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Never seen a traffic light!
After all, such traffic measures were unheard of in rural Aalten.
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Night Watch & Constables
In 1937, G.H. Rots wrote about the ‘night watch’ and the constables in Aalten.
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Shot ‘Smuggler’ Turns Out to Be Innocent
In 1932, a 16-year-old boy was accidentally shot dead by German customs officers.