Steenderen

Steenderen is a city within the municipality of Bronckhorst inside the Achterhoek within the Dutch province of Gelderland. It has extra than 2000 inhabitants and a small 2400 inclusive of the outer areas. Steenderen is exceptional regarded for being the factories of Aviko and a cheese manufacturing unit of FrieslandCampina. The name Steenderen become first cited around the year 1000. In 1782 a prime fireplace destroyed the St Remigius church, the school, the masters' residence and twenty other homes.

The purpose became a lightning strike inside the church tower. The 20 Years' War had a first-rate impact at the village and the surrounding place. Farmers have been chased away and the geographical region remained surely uninhabited for some years. Modernization, remediation and land consolidation decreased employment in prefer of enterprise inside the 20th century. Until 1 January 2005, Steenderen became an independent municipality, which in addition to Steenderen itself blanketed the cities of Baak, Olburgen, Toldijk, Bronkhorst and Rha. As a result of a municipal reorganization in that year, Steenderen was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Hummelo and Keppel, Vorden, Zelhem and Hengelo to shape the municipality of Bronckhorst.