{"id":180672,"date":"2020-10-20T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/?post_type=plaats&#038;p=180672"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T07:55:15","slug":"de-geste","status":"publish","type":"plaats","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/place\/de-geste\/","title":{"rendered":"De Geste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 id=\"h-overview\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The building that now houses the De Geste hospitality venue has a rich history. It once served as a police station, tourist information office and even as the local NSB group headquarters during the Second World War. Since 1978 it has been owned by the Stegers family, who transformed it into a well-known hospitality venue in Aalten.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-early-history\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Early history<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1717 the <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/government\/administration-justice\/a-tax-history-from-the-year-1717\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">house of Gijsbert Grevinck<\/a> stood on this site. Around 1800 the property came into the hands of apothecary Willem Bernard Reigers, a wealthy man who also owned two houses in Kerkstraat, including the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/kerkstraat-19-21\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reigershuis<\/a>. His house on the Markt was among the most expensive in Aalten. After his death in 1847 it passed to his wife, Aleida Anna Maria Meijrink. After her death in 1874, their son Franciscus Johannes Hermanus, a physician in Empel (North Brabant), inherited the property. In 1877 it was sold to merchant Isak David de Haas, who transferred it to Levi Isak de Haas in 1885. He sold it in 1905 to butcher Levie Aron van Gelder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-the-20th-century\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 20th century<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1923 the property was bought by schoolteacher Catherina Wilhelmina Mulder, widow of Herman Bakker. She had the building altered in 1927. At the beginning of the Second World War, Mulder sold it to blacksmith Willem Klein Hesselink from Lintelo. The building then acquired a less favourable purpose, as Klein Hesselink sold it to the foundation \u2018Nationalistische beweging in Nederland\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the war years the building served as the group headquarters of the local branch of the NSB. After the war it came under the administration of the Council for the Restoration of Rights. In 1949 it was sold to the Municipality of Aalten, after which it served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/government\/police\/aalten-police\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"145277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police station<\/a> and later as a tourist information office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-takeover-by-the-stegers-family\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Takeover by the Stegers family<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1978 the building stood empty. Because it had a hospitality designation and the Stegers family, who ran the <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/markt-02\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">neighbouring caf\u00e9<\/a>, did not want to take any risks, they bought the property. After a thorough refurbishment, Riek and Jan Stegers opened an off-licence in the building on 25 November 1981.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two years later the building was given the name \u2018De Geste\u2019. A bar was opened at the rear, operating only at weekends, while during the week the space was hired out for parties and other functions. The bar closed after two years, but De Geste remained available for events. In June 1990 the off-licence also closed, followed by major internal alterations. The building is now fully equipped for hospitality use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The building is a <a href=\"https:\/\/monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl\/monumenten\/6850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Monument<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 id=\"h-residents\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Residents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-population-register-1823-1838\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population Register 1823-1838<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/D9CD7779BA8A4C3B915B2E4965BF155F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 258<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bernardus Josephus Averbeck<\/strong> (Dorsten, 31 December 1774)<br><strong>Maria Catharina Ida Spiegelhoff<\/strong> (Wesel, 21 April 1772)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-next-residents\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next residents:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jacobus Johannes Klijnpennink<\/strong> (Nijmegen, 22 May 1794), <em>physician and obstetrician<\/em><br><em>married in Wierden on 8 June 1821 to<\/em><br><strong>Sara van Raab van Canstein<\/strong> (at <a href=\"https:\/\/nl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_Oosterboer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oosterboer manor<\/a> in Drenthe, 18 August 1794)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-next-residents-0\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next residents:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Louis Gerhard Sebastiaan du Pr\u00e9<\/strong> (Winterswijk, 14 April 1798), <em>French teacher<\/em><br><em>married in Aalten on 29 October 1830 to<br><\/em><strong>Antonia Johanna Westerbeek Manschot<\/strong> (Aalten, 27 November 1805), <em>schoolteacher<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>They moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/place\/markt-9\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Markt 9<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-next-residents-1\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next resident:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peternella Hendrika Ligterink<\/strong> (Aalten, 17 September 1773)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-population-register-1838-1850\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population Register 1838-1850<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/D4583D3E9CC74FC9BBDE39534763B8F6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 278<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peternella Hendrika Ligterink<\/strong> (Aalten, 17 September 1773)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-next-residents-2\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next residents:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Antonius Bernardus Rudolphus Jansen<\/strong> (Meppen, 1 May 1823), <em>merchant<\/em><br><em>married in Enschede on 13 September 1849 to<br><\/em><strong>Anna Catharina Hendrika Hafkemeijer<\/strong> (Enschede, 4 May 1822)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-population-register-1850-1860\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population Register 1850-1860<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/17C1640FD70048C2BCCB1DD2846B7CD4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 278<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Antonius Bernardus Rudolphus Jansen<\/strong> (Meppen, 1 May 1823), <em>merchant<\/em><br><strong>Anna Catharina Hendrika Hafkemeijer<\/strong> (Enschede, 4 May 1822)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-next-residents-3\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next residents:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Joannes Bijnen<\/strong> (Waalre, 12 January 1793), <em>retired surveyor<\/em><br><em>married in Aalten on 8 November 1838 to<br><\/em><strong>Josephina Berendina Juliana Reijgers<\/strong> (Aalten, 6 April 1813)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-population-register-1860-1870\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population Register 1860-1870<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/EB892895D4E2400F8227A136D012F811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 278<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josephina Berendina Juliana Reijgers<\/strong> (Aalten, 6 April 1813)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-population-register-1870-1880\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population Register 1870-1880<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/5689416D59B343F4A984D306D651B3ED\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 355<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hermina Wentink<\/strong> (Ambt Doetinchem, 18 November 1821)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-population-register-1880-1890\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population Register 1880-1890<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/7C23105D80B34767895745FDC31289B8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 398<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bernardus Berendsen<\/strong> (4 May 1817), <em>postman<\/em><br><strong>Harmina Wentink<\/strong> (Ambt Doetinchem, 18 November 1821)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-population-register-1890-1900\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population Register 1890-1900<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/2D5CD0FFD62744CDB04144B120C37381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 392<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bernardus Hengsterman<\/strong> (Netterden, 16 November 1815), <em>saddler<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-population-register-1900-1910\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population Register 1900-1910<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/909C0D487E8C451B9AA478B969B496F5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 464 &gt; 518<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bernardus Hengsterman<\/strong> (Netterden, 16 November 1815), <em>saddler<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-next-residents-5\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next residents:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Levie van Gelder<\/strong> (Aalten, 15 October 1873), <em>butcher<\/em><br><em>married in Aalten on 22 November 1904 to<br><\/em><strong>Jula Landau<\/strong> (Gemen, 24 October 1882)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-population-register-1910-1920\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population Register 1910-1920<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/6F689455D6D34A69802DB3F14BCD47E9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten C518 &gt; D571<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/208699370\/gerhardus_antonius-wieland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gerhardus Antonius Wieland<\/a><\/strong> (Doetinchem, 27 December 1881), <em>butcher \/ pig dealer<\/em><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/208699409\/wilhelmine_jacoba_anna-wieland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wilhelmina Jacoba Harmsen<\/a><\/strong> (Leuvenheim, 25 July 1879)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/B64FD892A5B846ED91E093E342B9A13F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten D571<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Catharina Wilhelmina Mulder<\/strong> (Doesburg, 14 October 1884), <em>schoolteacher<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-address-directory-1934\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Address Directory 1934<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aalten D571 &gt; Markt 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Widow of H. Bakker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-address-directory-1967\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Address Directory 1967<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Markt 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>State Police Office<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 id=\"h-owners\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Owners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This overview is not complete.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Year<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Plot<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Owner<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1832<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1154<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Wilhelmus Bernardus Reijgers, <em>apothecary<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">310 m\u00b2 house and yard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1850<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1154<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Aleida Anna Maria Meijerink, <em>widow of W.B. Reijgers<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">310 m\u00b2 house and yard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1868<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1154<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Franciscus Johannes Hermanus Reijgers and spouse,<br><em>physician in Empel (North Brabant)<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">310 m\u00b2 house and yard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1877<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1154<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Isak David de Haas, <em>merchant<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">310 m\u00b2 house and yard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1885<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1154<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Levi Isak de Haas, <em>merchant<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">310 m\u00b2 house and yard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1905<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1154<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Levie A\u00e4ron de Haas, <em>butcher<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">310 m\u00b2 house and yard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1923<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1154<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Catharina Wilhelmina Mulder, <em>schoolteacher<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">310 m\u00b2 house and yard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1941<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1154<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Willem Klein Hesselink, <em>blacksmith<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">310 m\u00b2 house and yard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1942<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1154<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><system>National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands<\/system><br>The State (Council for the Restoration of Rights division)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">310 m\u00b2 house and yard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1949<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1154<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Municipality of Aalten<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">310 m\u00b2 house and yard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1978<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1154<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/208933041\/johannes_franciscus_joseph-stegers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johannes Franciscus Joseph Stegers,<br><\/a><em>caf\u00e9, restaurant and guesthouse proprietor<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">310 m\u00b2 house and yard<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 id=\"h-images\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6aa432f664a33&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6aa432f664a33\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" 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