Category:Aalten, Nederland

Aalten, Nederland, is a municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands. The former municipalities of Bredevoort (1818) and Dinxperlo (2005) have been merged with Aalten.

Notable inhabitants of Aalten include Angus Young, guitarist of the Australian rock band AC/DC, and Robert Gesink, a professional road bicycle racer. During World War II, 51 of Aalten's 85 Jews were hidden by local non-Jews, and thereby survived the war. According to the War and Resistance Museum in Aalten, the village had the highest number of people in hiding during World War II.

Population centres

• Aalten
• Barlo
• Bredevoort
• Dale
• De Heurne
• Dinxperlo
• Haart
• Heurne
• Hollenberg
• IJzerlo
• 't Klooster
• Lintelo

Hiking

At this page you would find hikes in this place.

External link

• Aalten, Nederland at Wikipedia (english)