Doesburg

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Country	Netherlands
Doesburg

Province	Gelderland
Area (2006)
- Municipality	12.90 km² (5 sq mi)
- Land	11.64 km² (4.5 sq mi)
- Water	1.26 km² (0.5 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	11,602
- Density	997/km² (2,582.2/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Doesburg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Gelderland. Doesburg received city rights in 1237. doesburg has 11,602 inhabitants (1 January 2007, source: CBS). The city is nestled along the gelderse IJssel and the old IJssel rivers. The municipality Doesburg is part of the town region stadsregio Arnhem-Nijmegen.

1 History
2 Well-known Doesburgers
3 Tourism
4 Industry
5 External links

[edit] History

Doesburg received town rights in 1237, this was years later than the surrounding city of Doetinchem. Because of its strategic position along the old IJssel and the gelderse IJssel, Doesburg is an important vestingstad, has for a long time been. The vestingstag, a defensible city made Doesburg an important economic and administrative city. The Martinikerk, the main church in Doesburg is 94 meters tall. For many reasons, many of which have to do with the IJssel decreasing in depth, the prosperity in Doesburg settled after the 15th century. Doesburg changed into a sleepy province borough and so it would remain especially after the war. The city was protected in 1974, designated as a historic town. Because Doesburg up to 1923 was officially a vestingstad, town extension was not possible. After the second world war the city was rapidly extended. In the fifties on the Eastern side of the city the district mill field was built. At south of the old IJssel followed in the seventies ' and ' 80 the district Beinum, recently at south of Beinum the district Campstede has been built. At the beginning of the 21st century to the IJsselkade a new area has begun construction of 44 houses and 124 apartments under architecture of the Italian architect Adolfo Natalini. In 2007, construction of a hotel began and was completed.

[edit] Well-known Doesburgers

Doesburg list of national characters and well known icons includes sea hero Jan van Kinsbergen, the family Verhuell to which the Verhuellweg have been named after (and not Verheulsweg like elsewhere in the data concerning Doesburg are indicated). [ 1 ] Other well-known Doesburgers are politician Clemens Cornielje, zoon of the oud-burgemeester of the former municipality Angerlo, and burgomasters Henk Aalderink and Arno Frankfort. Also politica squares Agnes Kant has links with Doesburg.

[edit] Tourism

In the north of Doesburg there are several camp-sites where in the high season 4000 visitors stay each year. Also the historical binnenstad with several museums and many monuments draw thousands of tourists every year. Large tourist attractions are the Main court, the Doesburgse mustard factory and 'De Waag', which according to reports is the oldest public place in the Netherlands.

[edit] Industry

On the North side of the city, parallel to N317, the company area Verheulsweg lies. Here international transport company Rotra and construction material manufacturer has established Ubbink. At east of the district Beinum, beside provincial gone N338, the company areas Beinum-Oost and Beinum-West lie. Here many have established small and large ventures among which a manufacturer/wholesale trade of gedistilleerd (Delcave), houtverwerkende industry (Aalbers), plastic industry (Dremefa)en an adoption company (Claus). Along the gelderse IJssel an iron foundry and a concrete call centre have established.

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/nl-ge)db.gif The coat of arms of Doesburg

Doesburg has 11,528 residents, and an area of 12,860km²