Goch

Goch
Protestant Kirche am Markt in Goch
Coat of arms
Goch
Location of Goch within Kleve district
Coordinates: 51°41′2″N 06°9′43″E / 51.68389°N 6.16194°ECoordinates: 51°41′2″N 06°9′43″E / 51.68389°N 6.16194°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Kleve
Government
• Mayor	Karl-Heinz Otto (CDU)
Area
• Total	115.38 km^2 (44.55 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	33,889
• Density	290/km^2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	47574
Dialling codes	02823, 02827 (Kessel, Hassum, Hommersum)
Vehicle registration	KLE
Website	www.goch.de

Goch (archaic spelling: Gog, Dutch: Gogh) is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated close to the border with the Netherlands, approx. 12 km (7 mi) south of Kleve, and 27 km (17 mi) southeast of Nijmegen. Other places in Goch are Asperden and Kessel.

History

Goch is at least 750 years old: the earliest mention of Goch is in a document dated 1259. It was a part of the Duchy of Cleves. During World War II, the city was completely destroyed by Allied bombers.^[2]

• 
  Siege of Goch in 1625, by Jan Luyken
• 
  Goch during Operation Veritable, February 21, 1945
• 
  Watertower
• 
  View to a street: Am Steintor
• 
  Vicarage Goch Hommersum
• 
  St Peter church and vicarage Goch Hommersum

Notable natives and residents

The city is the birthplace of:

Martin Schenk von Nideggen

Aenne Biermann

• Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, (980-1002),
• Johannes von Goch, (c. 1400-1475), Medieval theologian
• Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen (1540-1589), Count of Afferden and Blijenbeek, war observer
• Aenne Biermann (1898-1933), photographer
• Hubert Houben (1898-1956), athlete
• Josefa Idem, (born 1964), Italian sprint canoer and politician
• Arnold Janssen, (1837-1909), founder of the Society of the Divine Word, a Roman Catholic missionary congregation
• Luisa Wensing (born 1993), soccer player at the VfL Wolfsburg

The city is the deathplace of:

• Francisco de Moncada, (1586-1635), Spanish author, military leader, and governor of the Spanish Netherlands

Twin towns - sister cities

Goch is twinned with:

• Veghel in the Netherlands
• Redon in France
• Nowy Tomyśl in Poland
• Andover in England, UK

References

1. "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 18 July 2016.
2. "Stadtgeschichte". Stadt Goch. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

External links

Media related to Goch at Wikimedia Commons