Editing Deventer (section)

=== Modern times ===
[[File:Deventer Binnen-vispoort.jpg|thumb|The former Binnen-Vispoort in the 19th century.]]
In the 19th century, Deventer became an industrial town. Bicycles (Burgers), carpets (Koninklijke Deventer Tapijtfabriek), tins and cans for food and drinks (Thomassen & Drijver), cigars (Horst & Maas en Bijdendijk & Ten Hove), foundry and heavy machinery (Nering Bögel), and textiles (Ankersmit)<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/vZ9UNQK_Jqs Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190920215823/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ9UNQK_Jqs&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ9UNQK_Jqs| title = OPGEDOEKT, documentaire over Ankersmit Deventer | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> were produced until the mid to late 20th century. Some of these industries are still thriving today, such as beds and accessories (Auping) and publishing ([[Wolters Kluwer]], now headquartered in [[Alphen aan den Rijn]]).

The city's trade and industry are still of some importance. The city is host to a factory producing [[central heating]] systems, as well as [[Wolters Kluwer]], a global information services and publishing company.

The Deventer honey cake (Bussink Deventer Koek), produced in Deventer for over 500 years, is still manufactured locally and sold all over the Netherlands and beyond.

==== World War II ====
[[File:Shooting of a scene from A bridge too far.jpg|thumb|left|Shooting a scene from ''[[A Bridge Too Far (1977 film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' on location in Deventer, 1977]]
Deventer has seen few military engagements throughout its long history, although it was a [[garrison]] city of the Dutch [[cavalry]]. The IJssel bridge area and harbour were bombed heavily during [[World War II]]. The city centre has been largely spared, but many Allied bombs, meant to shell the IJssel railway bridge, came down on buildings in the city centre. The Deventer railway bridge was considered strategically important, being a part of the main railway connection between Amsterdam and the German city of Osnabrück, leading from there to either Berlin, Hamburg or Bremen. The railway bridge, constructed of steel, was difficult to hit. Many bombs were bounced down into the river or its banks, exploding in the areas around the bridge or failing to explode at all. The three heaviest of about 15 attacks were on October 28, 1944 causing 35 fatalities; on December 15, 1944 killing 33 people; and on February 6, 1945 causing the death of 61 people. In the aftermath of this last bombardment, the German occupying forces committed a [[war crime]]. The German army used a [[cool warehouse]] in Deventer for its military food supplies. In the city centre, the [[retirement home]] of the ''United Foundations'', originally dating back as far as the 13th century, caught fire by the shellings, as well as the army food warehouse. The Germans allowed local fire fighters only to extinguish the fire in the cool warehouse. The retirement home burnt down as good as totally. Over twenty of the elderly living there perished in the flames.<ref>Source: ''Klakkende laarzen aan de IJssel (...)''  by K.H. Vos, 1995, Arko Editors, ISBN 90-72047-26-5 (in Dutch), pp. 71-82, 93</ref>

The Jewish poet and writer [[Etty Hillesum]] lived in Deventer during the war before being deported to [[Auschwitz]].

In Schalkhaar, a village only 2&nbsp;km northeast of the city centre, barracks were used by the German occupying forces to train Nazi policemen. The compound is now a centre for [[asylum seekers]].

In a forested area between Lettele and Okkenbroek, about 10 kilometres east of Deventer, the Germans operated a [[V-1 flying bomb]] launching ramp. It was used from December, 1944, until March, 1945. Some of the 400 V-1 missiles launched there hit already liberated Belgium, including the city of Antwerp, killing many people. A war monument in the village of Lettele consists of concrete blocks from this launching site, that is a war monument itself as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/1484/V1-Feuerstellung-519-Lettele.htm|title = V1 Feuerstellung 519 Lettele - Lettele - TracesOfWar.nl}}</ref>

Deventer has been somewhat popular with the film industry. During the production of the 1977 film ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'', all of the scenes taking place in nearby [[Arnhem]] were filmed in Deventer - as Arnhem itself had lost its historic centre.

By the end of the 1950s, the buildings had reached the boundaries of the municipality. In 1960, for further expansion, the part of the municipality of Diepenveen was annexed that now covers the Keizerslanden, Borgele and Platvoet districts, all three realized in the 1960s; all together roughly the area up to (west of) the Zandwetering.

After a plan to expand the city across the IJssel, the so-called Double City Plan, was deemed unfeasible at the end of the 1960s, Deventer turned its attention to the east again: in 1974 part of Diepenveen was once again annexed. On January 1, 1999, the municipality of Diepenveen was dissolved and added to Deventer. The same happened with the municipality of Bathmen on 1 January 2005.