Bergentheim is a small village in the municipality of Hardenberg

Hardenberg

Hardenberg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city of Hardenberg has a population of about 17,200. It received city rights in 1362 from Jan van Arkel, Bishop of Utrecht. The famous Pieterpad also passes through Hardenberg.-Cycling:There are...

, the Netherlands with approximately 3500 inhabitants. Located between the canal Almelo- De Haandrik and the railway Zwolle

Zwolle

Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...

-Emmen, the town used to have a railway station stationsweb), but it was closed in 1975. The building was still there until August 1993. The Village is from this time about 620 years old (as 'Bergenem' is mentioned first in a document dated in 1385).

There are some sport clubs in Bergentheim, for example the soccer club VV Bergentheim.

Every year at the end of the summervacation is "feestweek". A lot happens in this week, from the Banthumloop to huttenbouw. Banthumloop is a competition for the best runners and huttenbouw is a three day event of building huts. Its mostly for the children. But some adults are volunteers for this event.

Industry

Bergentheim used to have a large bread baking factory that was established just after World War two by the Schipper family, known as the NOH (Noord Oost Hoek) bakkerijen, and later Bakkersland. It was closed in the year 2005. Nowadays large employers are the Lensen Toppoint industry for writing instruments and promotional items, and the local Wavin factory.