Ruurlo

Ruurlo is a village within the Gelderse Achterhoek, inside the municipality of Berkelland. The village and the unbiased municipality Ruurlo became merged with Borculo, Eibergen and Neede on January 1, 2005 to form the brand new municipality of Berkelland. The area is on the Zutphen-Winterswijk railway line which opened in 1878 and has its very own station. The main street between Zutphen and Winterswijk runs alongside Ruurlo, and the branch toward Lochem runs through the center of the area.

At the stop of the 20th century a ring road became constructed around the village that eased the site visitors at its middle. The call Ruurlo might be derived from Roderlo, made from pink and lo. For a long time, Ruurlo consisted of some homes in a non-strategic clearing in a good sized wooded area and swamp place. Ruurlo Castle became mentioned in 1326 and has been inside the hands of the Dutch noble family Van Heeckeren because the 15th century. Willem van Heeckeren van Kell, adviser to King Willem III and Minister of Foreign Affairs, become born in Ruurlo. The village church within the middle of Ruurlo, much like the fort from the 14th century.