Gelderland

 

(both: gĕl'dərlənd) , or Guelders (gĕl'dərz) , province (1994 pop. 1,851,400), c.1,940 sq mi (5,000 sq km), E central Netherlands. It borders on Germany in the east. Arnhem, the capital, as well as Nijmegen and Apeldoorn are the chief cities. Largely an agricultural region, it is drained by the IJssel River and by the Lower Rhine and Waal rivers, which enclose the Betuwe, a fertile agricultural lowland in the southwest. The Veluwe, west of the IJssel, is an uncultivated, hilly heathland that is popular as a resort area. The region is also used as a military headquarters. The duchy of Gelderland was conquered (1473) by Charles the Bold of Burgundy, after whose death (1477) it regained its independence. It passed to the House of Hapsburg in 1543 and joined (1579) the Union of Utrecht of the Netherlands against Spain. Part of Gelderland, including Geldern, the ducal capital, was ceded (1715) by the Netherlands to Prussia.

Provincie Gelderland Province of Gelderland
Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Arnhem
Largest city	Nijmegen
Queen's Commissioner	Clemens Cornielje
Religion (1999)	Protestant 31% Catholic 29%
Area  • Land  • Water	4,975 km² (1st) 161 km²
Population (2006)  • Total  • Density	1,975,704 (4th) 397/km² (6th)
Anthem	Ons Gelderland
ISO	NL-GE
Official website	www.gelderland.nl

For the historical duchy also called Gelderland, see Guelders

Gelderland ( pronunciation?, English also Guelders) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Zutphen, Doetinchem, Harderwijk, Wijchen and Tiel.

History

The current province of Gelderland covers about the area of three of the quarters of the historical Duchy of Guelders. Guelders was a county in the late 11th century and then a duchy in the Holy Roman Empire, including also parts of the province of present-day Limburg and the German District of Kleve (Cleves) with the city of Geldern, the city that was the original seat of the dukes. It became part of the Habsburg Netherlands in 1543, one of the Seventeen Provinces, though not one of the richer or more densely-populated.

Municipalities

Currently (2006), the municipalities in Gelderland are as follows:

Aalten Apeldoorn Arnhem Barneveld Berkelland Beuningen Bronckhorst Brummen Buren Culemborg Doesburg Doetinchem Druten Duiven Ede Elburg Epe Ermelo Geldermalsen Groenlo Groesbeek Harderwijk Hattem Heerde Heumen Lingewaal Lingewaard Lochem Maasdriel Millingen aan de Rijn Montferland Neder-Betuwe Neerijnen Nijkerk Nijmegen Nunspeet Oldebroek Oude IJsselstreek Overbetuwe Putten Renkum Rheden Rijnwaarden Rozendaal Scherpenzeel Tiel Ubbergen Voorst Wageningen West Maas en Waal Westervoort Wijchen Winterswijk Zaltbommel Zevenaar Zutphen

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See also Betuwe, Linge.

Municipalities abolished on 1 Jan 2005

The following municipalities were abolished on 1 January 2005; see further [1](in Dutch) for more detailed information on these changes.

These municipalities were merged with neighbouring ones:

• Angerlo was merged into Zevenaar
• Dinxperlo was merged into Aalten
• Gorssel was merged into Lochem
• Lichtenvoorde was merged into Groenlo
• Warnsveld was merged into Zutphen
• Wehl was merged into Doetinchem

These municipalities were merged and given a new name:

• Borculo, Eibergen, Neede, and Ruurlo became Berkelland
• Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden, and Zelhem became Bronckhorst
• Bergh and Didam became Montferland
• Gendringen and Wisch became Oude IJsselstreek

External links

• Map of Province
• Detailed Map of Gelderland
• Second Detailed Map of Gelderland

Provinces of the Netherlands
Drenthe • Flevoland • Friesland • Gelderland • Groningen • Limburg • North Brabant • North Holland • Overijssel • South Holland • Utrecht • Zeeland

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