Goch

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Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Goch within Kleve district

(2020–25) Ulrich Knickrehm^[1]Area

• Total115.38 km² (44.55 sq mi)Elevation

18 m (59 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total35,270 • Density310/km² (790/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

47574

Dialling codes02823,
02827 (Kessel, Hassum, Hommersum)Vehicle registrationKLEWebsitewww.goch.de

Goch (German: [ɡɔx] ^ⓘ; archaic spelling: Gog; Dutch: Gogh) is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated close to the border with the Siebengewald in Netherlands, approx. 12 km (7 mi) south of Kleve, and 27 km (17 mi) southeast of Nijmegen.

History

Historical affiliations

County of Guelders 1259–1339
Duchy of Guelders 1339–1393
Duchy of Jülich 1393–1423
Duchy of Guelders 1423–1473
Duchy of Cleves 1473–1521
United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg 1521–1614
Duchy of Cleves 1614–1622
Spanish Empire 1622–1625
Duchy of Cleves 1625–1666
Brandenburg-Prussia 1666–1701
Kingdom of Prussia 1701–1757
Kingdom of France 1757–1762
Kingdom of Prussia 1762–1795
French Republic 1795–1804
French Empire 1804–1815
Kingdom of Prussia 1815–1871
German Empire 1871–1918
Weimar Republic 1919–1933
Nazi Germany 1933–1945
Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949
West Germany 1949–1990
Germany 1990–present

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.^[3]

Twin towns – sister cities

Goch is twinned with:^[4]

Andover, England, United Kingdom
Meierijstad, Netherlands (formerly Veghel)
Nowy Tomyśl, Poland
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

Siege of Goch [nl] in 1625, by Jan Luyken
Goch during Operation Veritable, February 21, 1945
Watertower
Am Steintor Street
Vicarage Goch Hommersum
Protestant church

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Stadtgeschichte". Stadt Goch. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
^ "Städtepartnerschaft". goch.de (in German). Goch. Retrieved 2021-03-10.