Overdinkel
{{Short description|Village in the east of the Netherlands}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Overdinkel
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Noordgevel - Overdinkel - 20181145 - RCE.jpg
| image_caption = Gerardus Majella church
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| pushpin_map = Netherlands Overijssel#Netherlands
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| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands
| coordinates = {{coord|52|14|10|N|7|02|15|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Overijssel
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Losser
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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7586AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 13 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 36
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| area_total_km2 = 10.04
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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 April 2022}}
| population_total = 4,110
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 053
}}
Overdinkel is a village in the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands, in the municipality of Losser. It is named for the nearby river Dinkel. Its population in 2012 was 4,255.{{cite web|title=Losser - Inwoneraantal en Cijfers Losser|url=https://www.stadindex.nl/losser|website=www.stadindex.nl|publisher=Obedo|accessdate=9 March 2018|language=NL}} The territories of the Netherlands and the German Länder of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony meet at a point to the east of Overdinkel.{{cite book|author=Enno de Witt|title=De grens: langs de randen van Nederland|trans-title=The border: along the edges of the Netherlands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gaxzAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT369|year=2013|publisher=Singel Uitgeverijen|isbn=978-90-253-7033-6|page=369|language=nl}}
History
Overdinkel, previously a small farming community in a "solitary plain of heather and sand drifts", was developed in the early 20th century to house workers in the textile factories of Gronau. People from all over the Netherlands and from Germany came to live there.{{cite book|title=Tijdschrift voor geschiedenis, land- en volkenkunde|trans-title=Journal of history, country life and ethnology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwAMAQAAIAAJ|year=1911|publisher=Delsman en Nolthenius|page=75|language=nl}} Since the Second World War the textile industry in the region has been in decline, and the village population is forecast also to decline, even though the hospitality industry has grown owing to the proximity of the German border.{{cite news|title=Ook in Overdinkel dreigt krimp|trans-title=Overdinkel also in danger of shrinkage|url=https://www.tubantia.nl/losser/ook-in-overdinkel-dreigt-krimp~aaef5b19/|work=Tubantia|date=23 April 2013|publisher=de Persgroep Nederland B.V.|language=nl}} Overdinkel houses a community of Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, founded in 1919.{{cite book|author1=José Eijt|author2=Suzanne Hautvast|title=Een missie in de marge: Dochters van Onze Lieve Vrouw van het Heilig Hart in Nederland en Indonesië, 1911-2000|trans-title=A Mission at the Margin: Daughters of Our Lady...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InWv_rnZJCYC&pg=PA126|year=2002|publisher=Uitgeverij Verloren|isbn=90-6550-690-X|page=108|language=nl}}
Local facilities
The village is reached by bus from Almelo and Oldenzaal railway stations. There are Roman Catholic and Dutch Reformed churches. Its cultural venue and community centre is known as {{'}}t Trefhuus (before 2016, Kulturhus).{{cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.trefhuus.nl/|website=www.trefhuus.nl|accessdate=9 March 2018|language=nl-NL}}
Gallery
Overdinkel, Protestantse Kerk.jpg|Protestant Church
2013 Begraafplaats Overdinkel.jpg|Crucifix at the cemetery
Overzicht van ligging in de omgeving - Losser - 20428725 - RCE.jpg|Farmhouse near a stream
File:Overzicht van dubbele arbeiderswoning Kerkhofweg 17-19 - Overdinkel - 20426953 - RCE.jpg|Semi-detached workers' house at the Kerkhofweg in 1982
References
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External links
- [http://www.overdinkel.net/ Overdinkel website]
{{Dutch municipality Losser}}
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