Oldenzaal

Oldenzaal (; Tweants: Oldnzel) is a municipality and a city in the eastern province of Overijssel in the Netherlands. It is part of the region of Twente and is close to the German border.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Oldenzaal
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Oude stadhuis Oldenzaal.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Former city hall of Oldenzaal
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Oldenzaal.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Oldenzaal wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0173 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Oldenzaal in a municipal map of Overijssel
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Overijssel
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Overijssel
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council
Settlement.leader_party: CDA
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Demonym: Boeskool
Population: 31701
Area: 21.95
Elevation: 48
Official website: www.oldenzaal.nl
Image: Stadhuis (townhall) Oldenzaal - panoramio.jpg
Households: 13472
Dialing code: 0541

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postal code: 7570–7579
Commons category: Oldenzaal
email address: mailto:[email protected]
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Oldenzaal (; Tweants: Oldnzel) is a municipality and a city in the eastern province of Overijssel in the Netherlands. It is part of the region of Twente and is close to the German border.

It received city rights in 1249. Historically, the city was part of the Hanseatic League as a subsidiary city of the fellow Hanseatic city of Deventer.