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3 unusual facts about Overijssel


't Haantje

't Haantje, Overijssel, a hamlet in the municipality of Hardenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands

Boskamp

Boskamp, Overijssel, a village in the municipality of Olst-Wijhe, Netherlands

Geesteren

Geesteren, Overijssel, a village in the municipality of Tubberbergen, Netherlands


Dames in de Dop

In the first season they were sent to Huis 't Velde, an International Butler Academy situated in Warnsveld, Gelderland. In the second season they were sent to Nieuw Rande, situated in Diepenveen, Overijssel. Nieuw Rande was specially re-opened in order to try to change the ladettes' habits.

Deventer, Missouri

The name of the town is speculated to be originated from the Dutch city Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands.

Herman Ponsteen

Herman Ponsteen (born March 27, 1953 in Hellendoorn, Overijssel) is a retired track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country twice at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 (Munich, West Germany).

Kalenberg, Overijssel

Kalenberg (Low Saxon: Kaelebarg) is a small tourist village within the De Weerribben-Wieden National Park in the Dutch province of Overijssel.

Kamperlijntje

The line is operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (with DMUs of type Buffel) and is funded in part by the province of Overijssel and the municipalities of Zwolle and Kampen.

Marcha

Marcha (born Marga Groeneveld, 2 July 1956, Lattrop, Overijssel), also known as Marga Bult, is a Dutch singer and television presenter, who has been a member of the groups Tulip, Babe and Dutch Divas and is also known for her participation in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest.

Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt

Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1 July 1782 in Kampen – 25 January 1825 in Utrecht) was a Dutch count and baron who served as a general in the French and Dutch armies during the Napoleonic era and later.

Salland

The most important of these waterways is of course river IJssel; others include the Zwarte Water and (Overijsselse) Vecht rivers; the Regge stream, which flows through Twente to spend its last few kilometers in Salland before ending in the Vecht near Ommen; the Schipbeek stream; and the Soestwetering stream, which merges with a number of lesser streams near Zwolle to form river Zwarte Water.

Treaty of Raalte

The Treaty of Raalte was signed on 1 October 1657 by Willem III and resulted in Willem giving up the stadtholdership of Overijssel.

Vecht

Vechte, a river that originates in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and ends in confluence with river Zwarte Water in the Netherlands province of Overijssel; often called Overijsselse Vecht in Dutch

Vechte

The Vechte originates in the Baumberge hills in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia near the city of Münster and flows north into the state of Lower Saxony, past the towns of Nordhorn and Emlichheim, across the border and then westwards into the Dutch province of Overijssel (hence its alternate Dutch designation).

Willemsoord

Willemsoord, Steenwijkerland, a village in Steenwijkerland municipality in Overijssel


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