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Country
  
Netherlands

Demonym(s)
  
Lochemer

Postcode
  
7210–7218, 7240–7245

Local time
  
Sunday 12:45 AM

Elevation
  
14 m (46 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area code
  
0573, 0575

Province
  
Gelderland

Lochem

Weather
  
7°C, Wind E at 13 km/h, 69% Humidity

Lochem ( pronunciation ) is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2005, the municipality merged with the municipality of Gorssel.

Contents

Map of Lochem, Netherlands

Population centres

Small hamlets are printed in italics.

  • Barchem
  • Laren
  • Lochem (city)
  • Formerly in Gorssel:

  • Almen
  • Eefde (immediately north of Zutphen)
  • Epse ( near the A1{Amsterdam - Berlin} motorway)
  • Gorssel
  • Harfsen
  • The city of Lochem

    Lochem, 18 km (11 mi) east of Zutphen, received city rights in 1233. Until the 17th century, it was often besieged and burnt down. After 1700, it became a small market town for the farmers in its surroundings.

    The village of Laren (Gelderland) has a castle called Verwolde. In summer, guided tours of this castle are organized for tourists. On its estate there is a tree, said to be the thickest tree in the Netherlands ( "de dikke boom van Verwolde").

    Transport

    Lochem railway station - Railway Zutphen to Oldenzaal (line 73): Zutphen - Lochem - Goor (mun. Hof van Twente) - Delden (ditto) - Hengelo - Oldenzaal.

    References

    Lochem Wikipedia