Ysselsteyn

{{For|the municipality in the province of Utrecht|IJsselstein}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Ysselsteyn

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = File:Ysselsteyn Sint-Oda kerk.jpg

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| image_caption = St Oda Church

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Limburg

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Venray

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5813AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |date = 24 July 2019 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 26 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 31

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| area_total_km2 = 33.62

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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=26 April 2022}}

| population_total = 2,280

| 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

| postal_code = 5813

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0478

| coordinates = {{coord|51|29|24|N|5|53|45|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

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Ysselsteyn is a village in the municipality of Venray in Limburg, Netherlands. It was established in 1921 and named after its designer, Hendrik Albert van IJsselsteyn, then Minister of Agriculture.{{cite book |editor-last=ter Laan |editor-first=K.|display-editors=etal|title=Van Goor's aardrijkskundig woordenboek van Nederland |year=1942 |publisher=Van Goor Zonen |location=Den Haag|language=Dutch }} Ysselsteyn has an extensive hog raising industry.{{cite web |url=http://www.houbensteyn.nl/ |title=Home |website=houbensteyn.nl}}

The Catholic St Oda Church is a square aisleless church with ridge turret. In 1944, it was damaged by war and rebuilt in 1947. In 1975, a carillon was built next to the church.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu08_01/sten009monu08_01_0187.php |title=Ysselstein |author=Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90-400-9623-6 |access-date=26 April 2022 |language=nl}}

Ysselsteyn's main object of interest is the Ysselsteyn German war cemetery at Timmermansweg 73, which covers about {{Convert|28|hectare|acre}} and contains the graves of 31,598 German war dead, most of whom who died in the Netherlands during World War II.(de) [http://www.volksbund.de/kriegsgraeberstaette/ysselsteyn.html Deutsche Kriegsgräberstätte Ysselsteyn (German military cemetery) at Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge]