Bredevoort

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Bredevoort is a small town of about 1600 inhabitants, between Aalten and Winterswijk. It is located in the municipality of Aalten.

A second-hand bookshop in Bredevoort

Since 1993, Bredevoort presents itself as Bredevoort boekenstad (Bredevoort book town), after the examples of Hay-on-Wye in Wales and Redu in Belgium. There are now more than twenty second-hand book shops in the town.

Bredevoort was a separate municipality until 1818, when it became a part of Aalten.^[1]

The name Bredevoort is inferred from the word 'Brede'("broad"} and 'Voort' ("ford") a passage in a peat. On the end from the sand back they did build a castle, wich they extended later and eventually developed to a reinforced city. Wich you can still see today by example the bastion they builded windmill "prins van Oranje" on, and a part of the town ditch wich (last friday and saturday of august and the first friday and saterday of september) they keep each year the gondola light festival..

1 History
2 Sights
3 Gallery
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

Bredevoort occur for the first time on the list with property of the archbishop of Cologne in 1188, who did owned shares of the castle Bredevoort. Then the earl of Steinfurt had deceided to sold his part to the bishop of Munster and the earl of Lohn his part delivered to the earl of Gelderland, the fight for the whole possession of the lusciousness between Munster and Gelderland started. That fight did last almost 2 centuries. From 1326 Bredevoort was actual part of Gelderland. Between 1326 and 1696 the municipality of Bredevoort exchanged repeatedly of ownerhip. The former municipality of Bredevoort was the city, and castle Bredevoort, and villages Aalten, Dinxperlo and Winterswijk. After centuries of war, the fortifications were demolish by his inhabitants.

In 1646 the lighting hits the gunpowder tower of the castle, wich did blown up the castle and many houses in the city,caused several people to death. Lord Haersolte of Bredevoort and his family were killed too. Only one son, Anthonie, was not at home that day and did survive.

In 1818 was the municipality of Bredevoort cancelled and since that year belongs the city Bredevoort under the new formed municipality Aalten.

In 1986 was the city sight of Bredevoort declared protected.

Since 1993, Bredevoort presents itself as booktown