Geesteren, Gelderland

Geesteren
Village
Reformed church
Coat of arms
Geesteren Location in the province of Gelderland Show map of Gelderland Geesteren Geesteren (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands
Coordinates: 52°8′20″N6°31′35″E / 52.13889°N 6.52639°E / 52.13889; 6.52639
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	Berkelland
Area [1]
• Total	19.68 km2 (7.60 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	1,335
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7274 [1]
Dialing code	0545

Geesteren is a village in the eastern Netherlands, located in the municipality of Berkelland, Gelderland. It was hit by a small tornado 1988, which lifted the party tent that was set up to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Geesteren and moved it two meters.

Geesteren was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with nearby Borculo. ^[3]

Buildings

Geesteren is well known for its church, which is one of the three churches in Europe with a stepped gable, as a result of this, the tower is topped by two weather cocks instead of just one.

The wind powered grist mill De Ster (The Star) was built in 1859.

Gallery

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  Windsmill: molen de Ster
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  Sculpture: de Vrouw van 't Starveld

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 7274AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
3. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina". Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2009.