Goor: Twente Market Town with Salt Industry Heritage
Salt from underground deposits once defined Goor's economy, extracted by AkzoNobel from this Twente market town. The Grotestraat and Markt form a modest commercial centre around the Sint-Stefanuskerk. About 11,460 people live here within the gemeente Hof van Twente, formed in 2001.
The Regge river flows through the area, its valley partly restored as a nature corridor. Neighbouring Diepenheim is known for castle gardens and contemporary art exhibitions. The landscape combines small-scale Twente farmland with stream valleys and scattered woodland.
Hengelo is about 12 kilometres east. Deventer lies roughly 20 kilometres west.
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Salt from underground deposits once defined Goor's economy, extracted by AkzoNobel from this Twente market town. The Grotestraat and Markt form a modest commercial centre around the Sint-Stefanuskerk. About 11,460 people live here within the gemeente Hof van Twente, formed in 2001.
The Regge river flows through the area, its valley partly restored as a nature corridor. Neighbouring Diepenheim is known for castle gardens and contemporary art exhibitions. The landscape combines small-scale Twente farmland with stream valleys and scattered woodland.
Hengelo is about 12 kilometres east. Deventer lies roughly 20 kilometres west.
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