Heino, Netherlands

Heino
Village

Heino church: de Nederlands Hervormde Zaalkerk
Coordinates: 52°26′9″N 6°14′2″E / 52.43583°N 6.23389°E / 52.43583; 6.23389Coordinates: 52°26′9″N 6°14′2″E / 52.43583°N 6.23389°E / 52.43583; 6.23389
Country Netherlands
Province Overijssel
Municipality Raalte
Population (2004) 7,000
Website www.raalte.nl

Heino is a village in the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands. It belongs to the municipality of Raalte and it has 6,459 inhabitants (February 2008). The village has a railway station along the railway Zwolle - Enschede and it can also be reached by the road N35.

Heino was a separate municipality until 2001, when it merged with Raalte to form a new municipality with the name Raalte.[1]

Heino is very touristic village with many estates and country houses. South-west of Heino, just across the railroad and the border to the municipality Olst-Wijhe, stands the castle Nijenhuis. It hosts an important art museum ( Constant Permeke, Van Gogh et al.). Around the castle is a beautiful sculpture garden (Ossip Zadkine et al.).

Every third week of August the village celebrates the 'Pompdagen' (Pumpdays), mentioned after the local Leugenpompe[2] village pump. The highlight of a series of joyful events is the so-called "Daggie Old Heino", including trades and handicraft from the past; markets and folk music. It draws thousands of visitors to Heino.

References

  1. ↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.
  2. ↑ W. de Blécourt, R.A. Koman [et al.] (2010). Verhalen van stad en streek: Sagen en legenden in Nederland (in Dutch). Bert Bakker. pp. 172–173.
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