Bredevoort
Bredevoort
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| Coordinates: 51°57′N 6°37′E / 51.950°N 6.617°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Municipality | Aalten |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.73 km2 (2.60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,660 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (640/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7121 & 7126 |
| Dialing code | 0543 |
| Website | www.bredevoort.nu |
Bredevoort (Low Saxon: Brevoort) is a small city with city privileges of about 1600 inhabitants in the municipality of Aalten, Netherlands. It is between the towns of Aalten and Winterswijk.
Bredevoort has presented itself as Bredevoort boekenstad (Bredevoort book town), after the examples of Hay-on-Wye in Wales and Redu in Belgium. There are now more than 20 second-hand book shops in the town.
Bredevoort was a Heerlijkheid and a separate municipality until 1818. The villages Aalten, Dinxperlo and Winterswijk included the fiefdom of Bredevoort when it became a part of Aalten in 1818.