{"id":141972,"date":"2021-08-10T17:45:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/welcome-to-oud-aalten\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T22:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:35:01","slug":"welcome-to-oud-aalten","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Old Aalten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Your window on Aalten’s past<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Much has already been written about the history of Aalten and Bredevoort. But much of this information is spread over many books, websites, PCs, photo albums and boxes in attics. On this website we collect history and make it accessible to everyone. Because Heritage belongs to all of us!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This website is a work in progress. We are constantly adding information to the website, so: good gaon and weerkomm\u2019n (fare well and come back soon)!<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Discover<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Aalten
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Aalten Achteruit<\/h3>

News and stories from days gone by, with a nod to our familiar local paper.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/article>

\"HDZ
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Business<\/h3>

Entrepreneurial Aalten: from the self-employed and small business owners to the factories of yesteryear.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/article>

\"Bouwhuis
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Farmsteads<\/h3>

This website contains information about more than 800 farms in the former municipality of Aalten.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/article>

\"Hendrickje
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Biographies<\/h3>

About the people who have played an important or notable role in our local history.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/article>

\"Welcome
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Emigration<\/h3>

Over the past two centuries, thousands of residents of Aalten have chosen to make a new home abroad.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/article>

\"Landstraat
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Streets<\/h3>

Our streetscape is constantly changing. Sadly, many beautiful things have disappeared. Fortunately, we still have pictures!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/article>

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House Numbering<\/h3>

House numbers have changed regularly over the past few centuries. We are trying to sort it all out.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/article>

\"Kloosterhof
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Cemeteries<\/h3>

As well as being the final resting place for loved ones, cemeteries are also a source of information for genealogists.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/article>

\"Easter
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Customs & Traditions<\/h3>

From neighbourly customs and dialect to farm life, weddings, funerals and folk beliefs in witches.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/article><\/div><\/div>

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