Eibergen

Town in Gelderland, Netherlands

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CountryNetherlandsProvinceGelderlandMunicipalityBerkellandArea

• Total117.56 km² (45.39 sq mi) • Land116.79 km² (45.09 sq mi) • Water0.77 km² (0.30 sq mi)Population

• Total16,626 • Density142/km² (370/sq mi)

Eibergen (Low Saxon: Eibarge) is a town and former municipality in Gelderland in the Eastern Netherlands. It is part of the Achterhoek cultural region. The administrative cooperation of about 20 municipalities in this region is the Regio Achterhoek.

On 1 January 2005 the municipality of Eibergen merged with the neighbouring municipalities of Neede, Borculo and Ruurlo into the new municipality of Berkelland. As of 2021, the town had a population of 11,210.

Population centres

Avest
Beltrum
Eibergen
Holterhoek
Hupsel
Lintvelde
Loo
Mallem
Olden Eibergen
Rekken
Zwolle

The town of Eibergen

The town of Eibergen has a population of approximately 12,000 people. Its East boundary is the Dutch-German border and Eibergen used to count two official border crossing points on main roads and a small number of border crossing points for limited use on secondary roads. Since border crossing traffic became free and checks are only made inward at a certain distance from the actual border, the border has been 'perforated' by numerous (mostly bicycle) roads.

Because of this border past, a local annual indoor soccer tournament of Eibergen's police has grown to the world's largest sports event of its kind: the World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament. Held in October every year: more than 3,000 police officers from over 54 countries participate.

Government

It houses an interception station of the Nationale SIGINT Organisatie.^[1]

Monuments

The Mallumsche Molen is an old water mill, built in 1753. It lies on the Mallumsche Molenweg, together with the Muldershuis and opens every Saturday to show how flour can be ground by the water mill.

In the centre of Eibergen is the De Scheper museum which displays objects from the history of Eibergen and the Achterhoek.