{"id":145277,"date":"2023-07-10T19:26:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten-achteruit\/aalten-police\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:59:11","slug":"aalten-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/government\/police\/aalten-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Aalten Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-landstraat-18\">Landstraat 18<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first known predecessor of a police station in Aalten can be found on Landstraat, in the building that currently houses <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/landstraat-18\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ter Maat barbershop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accompanying drawing of the building in question was made by the Aalten artist Willy Walvoort, who passed away in 2018. He wrote: <em>\u201cThe village school in 1824. Above: the entrance was on the church hill. Below: on Landstraat, the <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/government\/police\/night-watch-constables\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"17759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">night watch<\/a>, prison, and fire brigade.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is (as yet) unknown until when the night watch and\/or constables had their headquarters here. We also do not yet know which other addresses served as police stations before 1941. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1acc718bdfa&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1acc718bdfa\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1195\" height=\"896\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aalten-Landstraat-OLS-tekening-Willy-Walvoort.jpg\" alt=\"Public Primary School, Landstraat, Aalten, drawing by Willy Walvoort\" class=\"wp-image-2230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aalten-Landstraat-OLS-tekening-Willy-Walvoort.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aalten-Landstraat-OLS-tekening-Willy-Walvoort-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aalten-Landstraat-OLS-tekening-Willy-Walvoort-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aalten-Landstraat-OLS-tekening-Willy-Walvoort-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1195px) 100vw, 1195px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Public Primary School Landstraat, by Willy Walvoort<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-2-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1acc718d41a&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1acc718d41a\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markt-3-Aalten-1972.jpg\" alt=\"Markt 3, Aalten (1972)\" class=\"wp-image-30996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markt-3-Aalten-1972.jpg 800w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markt-3-Aalten-1972-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markt-3-Aalten-1972-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markt-3-Aalten-1972-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" 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style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markt 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1941, the Aalten municipal police moved into the characteristic building with the elegant bell gable at <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/markt-03\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Markt 3<\/a>. When the station was put into use, Chief Constable Wijnands was the head of the Aalten police. In 1947, the municipal police transitioned into the national police.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the war, the municipal services suffered from a lack of space. In 1949, the municipality of Aalten therefore purchased a building on the opposite side of the Markt (number 4) to house the police station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Social Services office was housed in Markt 3. Today, the building is still part of the Aalten town hall. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markt 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The building at <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/markt-04\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Markt 4<\/a> was privately inhabited before the war and had a notorious reputation in Aalten during the war, as it had served as the clubhouse for the NSB (National Socialist Movement). After the war, the building fell under the Management department of the Council for the Restoration of Rights. They sold the building to the municipality of Aalten in 1949, and the local police station was established there.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1969, the <a href=\"https:\/\/resolver.kb.nl\/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:003321015:mpeg21:a00053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tubantia newspaper<\/a> reported that the municipality of Aalten had informed the Government Buildings Agency that they were terminating the lease of the police station. The municipal services were once again bursting at the seams and desperately needed the space. The police moved to a new station on Polstraat.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly before the move, <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/overheid\/politie\/gammele-garage-van-de-politie-begaf-het-1970\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"54389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the garage collapsed<\/a> behind the police station, which was located on Peperstraat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The building at Markt 4 now houses the catering establishment De Geste.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1acc718eedd&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1acc718eedd\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" 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is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1acc719017a&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1acc719017a\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" 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wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Polstraat 36<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As early as February 1963, the site on the corner of <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/polstraat\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polstraat<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/bonifaciusstraat\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bonifaciusstraat<\/a> was purchased by the municipality of Aalten, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/polstraat-32-elferink\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">small farmhouse<\/a> of the widow Scholten. It was likely already the intention then to demolish it and realize a new police station and a number of houses on the site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1965, the Aalten municipal council discussed the private sale of a section of the building plot, measuring 1,500 square metres, for the construction of a group and district office for the National Police (Rijkspolitie) in Aalten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would take until the early 1970s before the new police station was completed. The Aalten police remained stationed here until 2018, when they moved to the K\u00f6stersbulte. A dental practice has since established itself in the former police station on Polstraat.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">K\u00f6stersbulte 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2018, the police have had a support point in the town hall, with its own entrance on K\u00f6stersbulte. The support point serves as a workplace for community officers during their shifts. There are no official opening hours. If someone wishes to file a report, for example, it is advised to make an appointment.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last century, this building housed the <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/markt-01\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oberink drapery shop<\/a> for decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1acc71917e6&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1acc71917e6\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" 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