title: Glanerbrug
text: # Glanerbrug
  
  Glanerbrug [ɣlaːnər'brʏx] is a town in the east of the city of Enschede, Netherlands. It is close to the border, formed by the stream Glanerbeek, with Germany and the city of Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia. The name of Glanerbrug is derived from the bridge over the Glanerbeek (brug in Dutch is bridge in English).
  
  On 7 April 1990 the Glanerbrug meteorite [nl] fell through the roof of a house there. Further information: Meteorite fall § Others.
  
  ## Transportation
  
  Railway Station: Glanerbrug
  
  ## Born in Glanerbrug
  
  * Floris van Assendelft [nl] (born 1985), chess player
  * Erik Dijkstra, (born 1977), journalist and TV presenter
  * Nick Hengelman (born 1989), footballer
  * Hennie Hollink (born 1931), footballer and football manager
  * Rob Groener (born 1945), footballer and football manager
  * Bert Schierbeek (1918–1996), writer
  * Dennis Schouten [nl] (born 1995), reporter
  