Winterswijk (municipality) (Winterswijk)

Netherlands / Gelderland / Winterswijk
 municipality, second-level administrative division, draw only border
Winterswijk is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.

Winterswijk (Winterswiek, Wenters) is a town with a population of some 30,000 in the Achterhoek which lies in the most eastern part of the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It was formally known as Winethereswick, Winriswic or Wenterswic. Wic or the Anglo Saxon wich means the living place of a certain person. The person would likely have been called Wenether, Winitar or Winter.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterswijk
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Coordinates:   51°58'4"N   6°43'51"E
This article was last modified 16 years ago