Hoonhorst

Hoonhorst is a village in the municipality of Dalfsen in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. It is a Catholic enclave in a Protestant area. It located about east of Zwolle.

==History== The village was first mentioned in 1283 as "de Honhorst", and means "height with growth". Hoonhorst developed to the south-west of Dalfsen as a Catholic centre. In 1581, the Catholic faith was outlawed in Overijssel. In 1770, the drost (chief magistrate) of Salland was petitioned to allow the construction of a Catholic church. Permission was granted to build a church in Hoonhorst as long as it looked like a farm on the outside.