Montferland
# Montferland

Montferland (Dutch pronunciation: (listen)) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam.

## Population centres

Formerly part of Bergh municipality:

* Azewijn
* Beek
* Braamt
* Kilder
* Lengel
* Loerbeek
* 's-Heerenberg
* Stokkum
* Vethuizen
* Wijnbergen
* Zeddam

Formerly part of Didam municipality:

* Didam
* Greffelkamp
* Holthuizen
* Loil
* Nieuw-Dijk
* Oud-Dijk

## Gallery

* St Martin's church in Beek
* Didam church
* Kilder church
* Huis Bergh castle in 's-Heerenberg
* Düffels Möl in Stokkum
* Windmill in Zeddam village

## Notable people

* Willem IV van den Bergh (1537 in 's-Heerenberg – 1586) Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen
* Herman van den Bergh (1558 in 's-Heerenberg – 1611) a Dutch soldier in the Eighty Years' War
* Mechteld ten Ham (died 25 July 1605) an alleged Dutch witch in the city of 's-Heerenberg
* Everard Ter Laak (1868 in Didam - 1931) a Dutch Roman Catholic missionary in China
* Jozef Rulof (1898 in 's-Heerenberg – 1952) a Dutch author and psychic and trance medium or spirit medium
* Jos Som (born 1951 in Didam) a Dutch politician deputy Mayor of Didam
* Ernie Brandts (born 1956 in Nieuw-Dijk) a Dutch football manager and former player with 452 club caps
* Geert-Jan Derksen (born 1975 in Didam) a Dutch rower, silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
