Eibergen

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**Eibergen**

Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Area - Land - Water	117.56 km² 116.79 km² 0.77 km²
Population 2004 - Density	16,626 142/km²

Eibergen is a former municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands in an area called Achterhoek. The administrative cooperation of about 20 municipalities in this region, is called Regio Achterhoek.

On January 1, 2005 the municipality Eibergen merged with the municipalities of Neede, Borculo and Ruurlo into the municipality of Berkelland.

[edit] Population centres

Avest, Beltrum, Eibergen, Holterhoek, Hupsel, Lintvelde, Loo, Mallem, Olden Eibergen, Rekken, Zwolle.

[edit] The town of Eibergen

The East boundary of Eibergen is the Dutch-German border, Eibergen counted two official border crossing points on main roads and a small number of border crossing point for limited use on secondary roads. Since border crossing traffic became free and checks are only made inward at a certain distance from the actual border, the border has been 'perforated' by numerous (mostly bicycle) roads.

Because of this border past, a local annual indoor soccer tournament of Eibergen's police has grown to the world's largest sports event of its kind: the World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament. Held in October every year: more than 1.000 police officers from over 30 countries participate.

Eibergen is also the birthplace of the Dutch author and polemicist Menno ter Braak (1902 - 1940).