Grafhorst

Grafhorst (population as of 2001: 770) is a small town about 3 km north of Kampen, in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It received city rights in 1333.

This article is about the place in the Netherlands. For the place in Lower Saxony, see Grafhorst, Germany.
Grafhorst
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°34′57″N 5°56′2″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceOverijssel
MunicipalityKampen
Population
 (2007)
1,000

It was most likely a small settlement before that. Most likely it existed already around 800.

History tells us that the Normans (Vikings) crossed the "Ganzediep" a local river.

The people at this time thrived from fishing, and harvesting "riet" (Cane) (Reed).

Information came from Roel Post. Not yet done translating. http://www.roelpost.nl/ggraf.php

Grafhorst was a separate municipality until 1937, when it became a part of IJsselmuiden;[1] it is now a part of Kampen.

References
  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2009-12-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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