Goch
Template:Expand German Template:Infobox German location Goch (Script error: No such module "IPA".; archaic spelling: Gog) is a town in the Kleve district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, close to the border with the Netherlands, Template:Convert south of Kleve and Template:Convert southeast of Nijmegen.
History
Template:Stack 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.[1] On September 8th, 2011, A Magnitude 4.5 struck the town, causing damage to infrasctructure and to homes.
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Andover, England, United Kingdom
- Template:Flagicon Meierijstad, Netherlands (formerly Veghel)
- Template:Flagicon Nowy Tomyśl, Poland
- Template:Flagicon 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
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Template:Interlanguage link multi in 1625, by Jan Luyken
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Goch during Operation Veritable, February 21, 1945
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Watertower
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Am Steintor Street
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Vicarage Goch Hommersum
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Protestant church
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