title: Oost Gelre
text: # Oost Gelre
  
  Oost Gelre is a municipality in the Achterhoek, in the eastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2005, the municipalities Groenlo and Lichtenvoorde merged and formed the new municipality Oost Gelre, which was called Groenlo until 19 May 2006.
  
  ## Population centres
  
  * Eefsele
  * Groenlo
  * Harreveld
  * Lichtenvoorde
  * Lievelde
  * Mariënvelde
  * Vragender
  * Zieuwent
  * Zwolle (Gelderland)
  
  ## Topography
  
  Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Oost Gelre, June 2015
  
  ## Notable people
  
  ### Arts
  
  * Marco Blaauw (born 1965 in Lichtenvoorde), trumpeter
  * Tom Holkenborg (born 1967 in Lichtenvoorde) aka Junkie XL, composer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, producer and engineer
  * Peter Beets (grew up in Groenlo), jazz pianist
  * Esther Rots (born 1972 in Groenlo), film director
  * Menno Veldhuis (born 1974 in Groenlo), artist
  * Thomas Puskailer (born 1981 in Lichtenvoorde), Dutch-born Slovak singer and songwriter
  * Suzan Stortelder (born 1992 in Ziewent), singer and one half of Suzan & Freek
  * Freek Rikkerink (born 1993 in Harreveld), singer and one half of Suzan & Freek
  
  ### Politics
  
  * Willem Maurits Bruyninck (1689 in Lichtenvoorde - ??), the 25th Governor of Ceylon
  * Tjitske Siderius (born 1981 in Groenlo), Dutch politician
  
  ### Sport
  
  * Hans Smees (born 1970 in Harreveld), retired motorcycle racer
  * Sander Boschker (born 1970 in Lichtenvoorde), retired goalkeeper with 555 club caps
  * Tristan Hoffman (born 1970 in Groenlo), retired road racing cyclist
  * Dave Bus (born 1978 in Lichtenvoorde), football defender
  * Joost Wichman (born 1978 in Lichtenvoorde), mountainbiker and former world champion
  * Loes Gunnewijk (born 1980 in Groenlo), former professional Dutch racing cyclist, competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  * Anneke Beerten (born 1982 in Mariënvelde), mountain cyclist
  * Hidde Jurjus (born 1994 in Lichtenvoorde), footballer
  
  ### Theology
  
  * Herman Herbers (born 1540 or 1544 in Groenlo), theologian and pastor
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Groenlo, marketplace
  * Lichtenvoorde
  * Zieuwent, church
  * Groenlo
  * Windmill in Harreveld
  