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Goch (German: [ɡɔx] ; archaic spelling: Gog; Dutch: Gogh) is a town in the Kleve district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, close to the border with the Netherlands, 12 km (7 mi) south of Kleve and 27 km (17 mi) southeast of Nijmegen.
Goch | |
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 St. Peter Church and vicarage Goch Hommersum | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Goch within Kleve district  | |
  Goch  Goch | |
| Coordinates: 51°41′2″N 06°9′43″E / 51.68389°N 6.16194°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| District | Kleve |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Ulrich Knickrehm[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 115.38 km2 (44.55 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 35,520 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 47574 |
| Dialling codes | 02823, 02827 (Kessel, Hassum, Hommersum) |
| Vehicle registration | KLE |
| Website | www.goch.de |
History
editCounty of Guelders 1259–1339
Duchy of Guelders 1339–1393
Duchy of Jülich 1393–1423
Duchy of Guelders 1423–1473
Duchy of Cleves 1473–1521
United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg 1521–1614
Duchy of Cleves 1614–1622
Spanish Empire 1622–1625
Duchy of Cleves 1625–1666
Brandenburg-Prussia 1666–1701
Kingdom of Prussia 1701–1757
Kingdom of France 1757–1762
Kingdom of Prussia 1762–1795
French Republic 1795–1804
French Empire 1804–1815
Kingdom of Prussia 1815–1871
German Empire 1871–1918
Weimar Republic 1919–1933
Nazi Germany 1933–1945
Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949
West Germany 1949–1990
Germany 1990–present
Goch is at least 750 years old: the earliest mention of Goch is in a document dated 1259. It was a part of the Duchy of Cleves. During World War II, the city was completely destroyed by Allied bombers during Operation Veritable.[3]
Twin towns – sister cities
edit- Andover, England, United Kingdom
- Meierijstad, Netherlands (formerly Veghel)
- Nowy Tomyśl, Poland
- Redon, France
Notable people
edit- Otto III (980–1002), Holy Roman Emperor
- Johannes von Goch (c. 1400–1475), Medieval theologian
- Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen (1540–1589), military commander in the Netherlands
- Francisco de Moncada (1586–1635), Spanish author, military leader, and governor of the Spanish Netherlands, died here
- Aenne Biermann (1898–1933), photographer
- Hubert Houben (1898–1956), athlete
- Josefa Idem (born 1964), Italian sprint canoer and politician
- Arnold Janssen (1837–1909), founder of the Society of the Divine Word, a Roman Catholic missionary congregation
- Rita Kersting (born 1969), art historian
- Luisa Wensing (born 1993), footballer
Vincent van Gogh, according to his name, which translates to "Vincent of Goch", has ancestors likely native to this location.
Gallery
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Siege of Goch in 1625, by Jan Luyken
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Goch during Operation Veritable, February 21, 1945
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Watertower
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Am Steintor Street
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Vicarage Goch Hommersum
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Protestant church
References
edit- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "Stadtgeschichte". Stadt Goch. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaft". goch.de (in German). Goch. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
External links
editMedia related to Goch at Wikimedia Commons
