Editing Hellendoorn (section)

== History ==
The municipality of Hellendoorn is the only place in the Netherlands where gold mining took place.

The Germans operated a [[V-2 rocket|V-2]] launching platform near the town of Hellendoorn during World War II, harassing the city of Antwerp.<ref>SS Werfer Abteilung 500 in Hellendoorn / Dalfsen, Holland Rudi Velthuis - Tracy Dungan - Ed Straten - Cor Lulof (From V2Rocket.com A-4 V-2 Resource site)</ref>

On March, 22nd 1945, Nijverdal was severely bombed by allied bombers who were targeting the German Reichskommissar of Austrian origin [[Arthur Seyss-Inquart]]. Seyss-Inquart was fleeing the advancing Allied forces and had set up his temporary headquarters in the Reformed School in Nijverdal, but had already left town at the time of the bombing. Over 70 people were killed, mainly at the Grotestraat.

A small part of the film ''[[A Bridge Too Far (1977 film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' was filmed near Hellendoorn.

In 1955, part of the municipality of Wierden was annexed (Eversberg, Konijnenbelt, Slettenhaar and Lochter) which is the only part of the municipality located on originally Twente soil. In the late-1970s the quarter of 'het Lochter' arose here.