Goch
{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|image_photo = St peter church vicarage goch hommersum.jpg
|image_caption = St. Peter Church and vicarage Goch Hommersum
|name = Goch
|image_coa = DEU Goch COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|51|41|2|N|06|9|43|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Goch in KLE.svg
|state = Nordrhein-Westfalen
|region = Düsseldorf
|district = Kleve
|elevation = 18
|area = 115.43
|postal_code = 47574
|area_code = 02823,
02827 (Kessel, Hassum, Hommersum)
|licence = KLE
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 1 54 016
|website = [https://www.goch.de/ www.goch.de]
|mayor = Ulrich Knickrehm[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
|leader_term = 2020–25
|party =
}}
Goch ({{IPA|de|ɡɔx|lang|De-Goch.ogg}}; archaic spelling: Gog) is a town in the Kleve district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, close to the border with the Netherlands, {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=on}} south of Kleve and {{convert|27|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of Nijmegen.
History
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{{flagicon image|Armoiries Gueldre.svg}} Duchy of Guelders 1339–1393
{{flagicon image|Arms of Flanders.svg}} Duchy of Jülich 1393–1423
{{flagicon image|Armoiries Gueldre.svg}} Duchy of Guelders 1423–1473
{{flagicon image|Cleves Arms.svg}} Duchy of Cleves 1473–1521
{{flagicon image|Armoiries Guillaume de Clèves-less fancy.svg}} United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg 1521–1614
{{flagicon image|Cleves Arms.svg}} Duchy of Cleves 1614–1622
{{flag|Spanish Empire}} 1622–1625
{{flagicon image|Cleves Arms.svg}} Duchy of Cleves 1625–1666
{{flagicon image|Brandenburg Flag 1657-1701 (new).svg}} Brandenburg-Prussia 1666–1701
{{flag|Kingdom of Prussia|1750}} 1701–1757
{{flagicon image|Pavillon royal de France.svg}} Kingdom of France 1757–1762
{{flag|Kingdom of Prussia|1750}} 1762–1795
{{flagicon image|Flag of France (1794-1815).svg}} French Republic 1795–1804
{{flagicon image|Flag of France (1794-1815).svg}} French Empire 1804–1815
{{flag|Kingdom of Prussia|1803}} 1815–1871
{{flag|German Empire}} 1871–1918
{{flag|Weimar Republic}} 1919–1933
{{flag|Nazi Germany}} 1933–1945
{{flag|Allied-occupied Germany}} 1945–1949
{{flag|West Germany}} 1949–1990
{{flag|Germany}} 1990–present
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Goch is at least 750 years old: the earliest mention of Goch is in a document dated 1259. It was a part of the Duchy of Cleves. During World War II, the city was completely destroyed by Allied bombers during Operation Veritable.{{cite web|title=Stadtgeschichte|url=http://goch.de/C1257500002B3047/html/088AFA719DF7C7ADC12575450052179F?opendocument&nid1=95841|publisher=Stadt Goch|access-date=30 May 2013}}
On September 8th, 2011, A Magnitude 4.5 struck the town, causing damage to infrasctructure and to homes.
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Goch is twinned with:{{cite web|title=Städtepartnerschaft|url=https://www.goch.de/de/inhalt-3/staedtepartnerschaften/|website=goch.de|publisher=Goch|language=de|access-date=2021-03-10|archive-date=2021-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413015444/https://www.goch.de/de/inhalt-3/staedtepartnerschaften/|url-status=dead}}
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Andover, England, United Kingdom
- {{flagicon|NED}} Meierijstad, Netherlands (formerly Veghel)
- {{flagicon|POL}} Nowy Tomyśl, Poland
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Redon, France
Notable people
- Otto III (980–1002), Holy Roman Emperor
- Johannes von Goch (c. 1400–1475), Medieval theologian
- Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen (1540–1589), military commander in the Netherlands
- Francisco de Moncada (1586–1635), Spanish author, military leader, and governor of the Spanish Netherlands, died here
- Aenne Biermann (1898–1933), photographer
- Hubert Houben (1898–1956), athlete
- Josefa Idem (born 1964), Italian sprint canoer and politician
- Arnold Janssen (1837–1909), founder of the Society of the Divine Word, a Roman Catholic missionary congregation
- Rita Kersting (born 1969), art historian
- Luisa Wensing (born 1993), footballer
Vincent van Gogh, according to his name, which translates to "Vincent of Goch", has ancestors likely native to this location.
Gallery
Goch 1625.JPG|{{Interlanguage link multi|Siege of Goch|nl|3=Inname van Goch}} in 1625, by Jan Luyken
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B14779.jpg|Goch during Operation Veritable, February 21, 1945
Goch, watertoren Dm82 foto2 2013-04-30 12.29.jpg|Watertower
Goch, straatzicht Am Steintor Dm6 foto7 2016-05-05 16.38.jpg|Am Steintor Street
Vicarage goch hommersum.jpg|Vicarage Goch Hommersum
G17-d-Goch-evKirche.JPG|Protestant church
References
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External links
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{{Cities and towns in Kleve (district)}}
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Category:Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
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