Winterswijk: Geological Monument and Textile Past in the Eastern Achterhoek
Winterswijk has roughly 29,600 inhabitants and lies in the far eastern corner of Gelderland, surrounded by Germany on three sides. The Steengroeve Winterswijk, a limestone quarry, is a geological site of European significance where Triassic-era fossils including early reptiles and amphibians have been found. Guided visits are possible during summer months.
Textile manufacturing drove the town's growth in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The factory buildings of the former Dikkers and Ten Damme weaving mills survive in various states of conversion. The wooded estate landscape around Winterswijk, with its distinctive coulissen landscape of hedgerows, small fields, and scattered farms, has been designated a national landscape.
Enschede is about 45 kilometres north. Doetinchem lies roughly 35 kilometres west. The German towns of Vreden and Bocholt are closer, at about 10 kilometres.
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Winterswijk has roughly 29,600 inhabitants and lies in the far eastern corner of Gelderland, surrounded by Germany on three sides. The Steengroeve Winterswijk, a limestone quarry, is a geological site of European significance where Triassic-era fossils including early reptiles and amphibians have been found. Guided visits are possible during summer months.
Textile manufacturing drove the town's growth in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The factory buildings of the former Dikkers and Ten Damme weaving mills survive in various states of conversion. The wooded estate landscape around Winterswijk, with its distinctive coulissen landscape of hedgerows, small fields, and scattered farms, has been designated a national landscape.
Enschede is about 45 kilometres north. Doetinchem lies roughly 35 kilometres west. The German towns of Vreden and Bocholt are closer, at about 10 kilometres.
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