Montferland () is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam.
Population centres Formerly part of Bergh municipality: Azewijn Beek Braamt Kilder Lengel Loerbeek 's-Heerenberg Stokkum Vethuizen Wijnbergen Zeddam
Formerly part of Didam municipality: Didam Greffelkamp Holthuizen Loil Nieuw-Dijk Oud-Dijk
Gallery
Notable people
Willem IV van den Bergh (1537 in 's-Heerenberg – 1586) Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen Herman van den Bergh (1558 in 's-Heerenberg – 1611) a Dutch soldier in the Eighty Years' War Mechteld ten Ham (died 25 July 1605) an alleged Dutch witch in the city of 's-Heerenberg Everard Ter Laak (1868 in Didam - 1931) a Dutch Roman Catholic missionary in China Jozef Rulof (1898 in 's-Heerenberg – 1952) a Dutch author and psychic and trance medium or spirit medium Jos Som (born 1951 in Didam) a Dutch politician deputy Mayor of Didam Ernie Brandts (born 1956 in Nieuw-Dijk) a Dutch football manager and former player with 452 club caps Geert-Jan Derksen (born 1975 in Didam) a Dutch rower, silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
References
External links
Official website