Overdinkel

Overdinkel is a village in the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands, in the municipality of Losser. It is named for the nearby river Dinkel. Its population in 2012 was 4,255. The territories of the Netherlands and the German Länder of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony meet at a point to the east of Overdinkel.

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Locality: Overdinkel
Region: Overijssel
Country: Nederland
Population: 0

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Settlement.name: Overdinkel
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Noordgevel - Overdinkel - 20181145 - RCE.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Gerardus Majella church
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Overijssel#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Overijssel
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Losser
Settlement.elevation_m: 36
Settlement.area_total_km2: 10.04
Settlement.population_total: 4,110
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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==History== Overdinkel, previously a small farming community in a "solitary plain of heather and sand drifts", was developed in the early 20th century to house workers in the textile factories of Gronau. People from all over the Netherlands and from Germany came to live there. Since the Second World War the textile industry in the region has been in decline, and the village population is forecast also to decline, even though the hospitality industry has grown owing to the proximity of the German border. Overdinkel houses a community of Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, founded in 1919.