Editing Hellendoorn

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| name                    = Hellendoorn
| settlement_type         = [[Town]] and [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]]
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Overijssel]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hellendoorn.nl/politiek-gemeente/burgemeester-en-wethouders/
 |title = Burgemeester en wethouders
 |trans-title = Mayor and aldermen
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Hellendoorn
 |access-date = 29 March 2014
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140408124436/http://www.hellendoorn.nl/politiek-gemeente/burgemeester-en-wethouders/
 |archive-date = 8 April 2014
 |url-status = dead
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| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgomaster|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Jorrit Eijbersen
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| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Hellendoorn}}
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 |title=Postcodetool for 7442MA 
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 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 7440–7449, 7687–7689
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0546, 0548
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.hellendoorn.nl}}
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'''Hellendoorn''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌɦɛlə(n)ˈdoːr(ə)n|-|Nl-Hellendoorn.ogg}}; [[Tweants dialect|Tweants]]: ''Heldern'' or ''Healndoorn'') is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and [[town]] in the middle of the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[Overijssel]]. As of 2019, the municipality had a population of 35,808.

There is an [[amusement park]] near the town of Hellendoorn called {{ill|Avonturenpark Hellendoorn|nl}}. At the outskirts of the town there is an ice cream factory from [[Unilever]], where [[Ben & Jerry's]] is produced for the European market.

== Population centres ==
The municipality comprises:

Towns:
* [[Nijverdal]] (where the town hall is located)
* {{ill|Hellendoorn (town)|lt=Hellendoorn|nl|3=Hellendoorn (plaats)}}

Hamlets:
* [[Daarle]]
* [[Daarlerveen]]
* {{ill|Eelen en Rhaan|nl|3=Eelen}}
* [[Egede, Netherlands|Egede]]
* {{ill|Haarle, Hellendoorn|nl|3=Haarle (Hellendoorn)}}
* {{ill|Hancate|nl}}
* {{ill|Hulsen (Overijssel)|nl}}
* {{ill|Marle, Hellendoorn|nl|3=Marle (Hellendoorn)}}
* {{ill|Noetsele|nl}} (former hamlet, now an integrated part of Nijverdal)

===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Hellendoorn-OpenTopo.jpg|450px]]

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Hellendoorn, June 2015''

== Geography ==
[[File:Noetselerberg(1).jpg|thumb|Noetselerberg]]
The central part of the municipality consists of a hilly and sparsely populated area that extends south into the municipality of [[Rijssen-Holten]], called the [[Sallandse Heuvelrug]] (Salland Ridge). The highest point lies at about {{Convert|70|m}} above [[sea level]] and is part of the Noetselerberg. A large chunk of the area is covered by [[forest]], but there are also [[heath (habitat)|heathlands]]. This scenery is now part of the [[Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park]].

Originally part of the region of [[Salland]], Hellendoorn is now administratively considered part of [[Twente]]; a fact reflected in the inclusion of Hellendoorn in the [[city region]] of Twente (''Kaderwetgebied Regio Twente'') as defined by the [[Cabinet of the Netherlands|Dutch government]].

== 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.

== Notable residents ==
* [[Ernst Bakker]] (1946 in Hellendoorn – 2014) a Dutch politician
* [[Douwe Draaisma]] (born 1953 in Nijverdal) a Dutch psychologist and academic
* [[Herman Ponsteen]] (born 1953 in Hellendoorn) Dutch track cyclist who won silver at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Derk van Egmond]] (born 1956 in Hellendoorn) a Dutch track cyclist, competed in the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Wim Woudsma]] (1957 in Nijverdal – 2019) a Dutch footballer with 395 club caps

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Hellendoorn, korenmolen de Hoop RM21401 foto2 2014-10-04 12.15.jpg|Hellendoorn, windmill: korenmolen de Hoop
File:Hellendoorn, de Dorpskerk RM21392 foto15 204-10-04 12.26.jpg|Hellendoorn, church: de Dorpskerk
File:Hellendoorn, de Sint Sebastianuskerk GM-0163WN038 foto7 2014-10-04 12.414.jpg|Hellendoorn, church: de Sint Sebastianuskerk
File:Hellendoorn, de Wippe (ook wel de Molen van Fakkert) RM21399 foto8 2014-10-04 12.51.jpg|Hellendoorn, windmill: de Wippe (ook wel de Molen van Fakkert)
File:Rollercoaster Tornado Avonturenpark Hellendoorn Netherlands.jpg|Hellendoorn, Rollercoaster Tornado
File:Tussen Hellendoorn en Daarle, de Regge foto5 2014-10-04 13.10.jpg|Between Hellendoorn and Daarle, river: de Regge
File:Daarle, de Hervormde kerk GM-0163WN001 foto7 2014-10-04 13.45.jpg|Daarle, reformed church
File:Nijverdal, de Sint- Antonius van Paduakerk GM0163WN07 IMG 5727 2020-05-31 11.28.jpg|Nijverdal, church: de Antonius van Paduakerk
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Hellendoorn}}
*{{Official website|http://www.hellendoorn.nl }}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Hellendoorn
 | North     = [[Ommen]]
 | Northeast = [[Twenterand]]
 | East      = [[Wierden]]
 | South     = [[Rijssen-Holten]]
 | West      = [[Raalte]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Hellendoorn}}
{{Overijssel Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Hellendoorn| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Overijssel]]
[[Category:Populated places in Overijssel]]
[[Category:Salland]]
[[Category:Twente]]