Hengelo (NL)

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Hengelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern part of the Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. Although archeological research indicates the location has been inhabited for thousands of years, the municipality was founded in 1802. At that time it merely consisted of a few hundred farms and landworkers' houses. Hengelo was never granted city rights as it was only a small village that expanded in the 19th century during the industrial revolution. In the late 19th century it rapidly developed after the construction of an important railway junction. This attracted industry with a focus on technology: Stork B.V., Hazemeyer, Heemaf (now part of France's Alstom, Brush HMA,Brush-Barclay, the United States' Eaton, Essent, Heemaf BV, NV Nuon, and Wabtec), KHZ (now AkzoNobel), and Hollandse Signaal Apparaten, now taken over by the Thales Group. Hengelo was the home town of Hengelo Bier, a local brewery.

Postmark Examples

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 56 (= Hengelo). c.1872. Stampset

Postmark Hengeloo (!) (Ov) 1903. Stampset

Postmark Hengelo 1904. Stampset

Postmark Hengelo(Ov) 1914. Stampset

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