Wijhe

Wijhe is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Olst-Wijhe, about 12 km south of Zwolle on the banks of the river IJssel.

Wijhe was a separate municipality until 2001, when it merged with Olst. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]

History & Sights

The first written record of Wijhe dates from the year 960 as "Wie."The village has a church built in the late-Gothic style, parts of which date from the 13th and 14th century. Also in the centre is a working windmill. To the north of Wijhe lies the hamlet of Herxen with a riverside nature reserve.

Wijhe has three estates: Hengevoorde containing manor house, Het Nijenhuis with a castle and De Gelder. The latter is the private property of Baron De Vos van Steenwijk, but there is free public access. Most of the De Gelder castle was destroyed during World War II.

References

External links

* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ov/wijhe.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]