Goch

Goch
Goch
	Protestant Kirche am Markt in Goch
	Coat of arms
	Location of Goch within Kleve district
	Goch Goch
	Coordinates: 51°41′2″N 06°9′43″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Kleve
Government
• Mayor	Karl-Heinz Otto (CDU)
Area
• Total	115.38 km2 (44.55 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	33,825
• Density	290/km2 (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 Siebengewald in Netherlands, approx. 12 km (7 mi) south of Kleve, and 27 km (17 mi) southeast of Nijmegen.

History

Historical affiliations

County of Guelders 1259–1339
Duchy of Guelders 1339–1393
Duchy of Jülich 1393–1423
Duchy of Guelders 1423–1473
Duchy of Cleves 1473–1521
United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg 1521–1614
Duchy of Cleves 1614–1622
Spanish Empire 1622–1625
Duchy of Cleves 1625–1666
Brandenburg-Prussia 1666–1701
Kingdom of Prussia 1701–1757
Kingdom of France 1757–1762
Kingdom of Prussia 1762–1795
French Republic 1795–1804
French Empire 1804–1815
Kingdom of Prussia 1815–1871
German Empire 1871–1918
Weimar Republic 1919–1933
Nazi Germany 1933–1945
Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949
West Germany 1949–1990
Germany 1990–present

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 during Operation Veritable.[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:

References

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
"Stadtgeschichte". Stadt Goch. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

External links

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

[2] "Stadtgeschichte". Stadt Goch. Retrieved 30 May 2013.