Everything about Dinxperlo totally explained
Dinxperlo is a town and former
municipality in the eastern
Netherlands (
Achterhoek region), situated directly at the border with
Germany. Since
January 1,
2005, Dinxperlo is a part of the municipality of
Aalten.
The name of the village probably is derived from
dingspel (justice court or area) and
loo (wood). It is assumed that in the Middle Ages there was a
court in the woods here. Dinxperlo used to have a
coat of arms depicting
Lady Justice.
One of the town's main attractions is the Netherlands' smallest
church (Kerkje "De Rietstap"), another one is a
border museum (
Grenslandmuseum).
One street in Dinxperlo,
Heelweg, is partly German. The road itself lies in Holland, but one side of the housing zone is in Germany (where it's called
Hellweg). The houses there belong to the small town of
Suderwick, which might be translated as "southern area". Also, Dinxperlo houses a shared Dutch-German
police station.
Besides
Dutch and
German, at both sides of the border a common dialect is spoken, which is a variety of
Low Saxon.
Before 2005, Dinxperlo was a separate municipality, covering the town of Dinxperlo itself and the village of
De Heurne.
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