Rijssen-Holten

Rijssen-Holten (Sallaans: Riesn-Hooltn ) is a municipality (Dutch: gemeente) in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel.

The municipality was formed in 2001 by the joining of the municipalities of Holten and Rijssen. The area of Holten belongs to the region of Salland and the area of Rijssen to the region of Twente.

Population centres
• Beuseberg,

• De Borkeld,

• Dijkerhoek (2 km west of Holten),

• Espelo,

• Holten,

• Holterbroek,

• Lichtenberg,

• Look,

• Neerdorp (currently a part of the village Holten)

• Rijssen Only Holten and Rijssen have over 500 inhabitants.

Topography


Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rijssen-Holten, June 2015

Accessibility
Both Holten and Rijssen are easily accessible by car; the A1 motorway (Amsterdam - Berlin) is only a few kilometres away. The distance between Amsterdam and Holten is about 110 km. Rijssen lies 7 km more to the east.

Notable people

 * Johann Geusendam (1886 in Rijssen - 1945) political activist expelled from Bremen
 * Bert Haanstra (1916 in Espelo – 1997) a Dutch director of films and documentaries
 * Jan Baan (born 1946 in Rijssen) a Dutch entrepreneur and venture capitalist
 * Wolter Wierbos (born 1957 in Holten) a Dutch jazz trombonist

Sport

 * Jan Wegereef (born 1962 in Rijssen) a Dutch & FIFA football referee
 * Eric Braamhaar (born 1966 in Rijssen) a Dutch & FIFA football referee
 * Mark Tuitert (born 1980 in Holten) a Dutch speed skater and gold medallist at the 2010 Winter Olympics