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Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
| Goch | |
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 St. Peter Church and vicarage Goch Hommersum |
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 Coat of arms |
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Location of Goch within Kleve district  |
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  Goch Show map of Germany Goch Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia |
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| Coordinates: 51°41′2″N 06°9′43″E / 51.68389°N 6.16194°E / 51.68389; 6.16194 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| District | Kleve |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Ulrich Knickrehm[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 115.43 km2 (44.57 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 34,813 |
| • Density | 301.59/km2 (781.12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 47574 |
| Dialling codes | 02823,02827 (Kessel, Hassum, Hommersum) |
| Vehicle registration | KLE |
| Website | www.goch.de |
Goch (German: [ɡɔx] ⓘ; archaic spelling: Gog) is a town in the Kleve district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, close to the border with the Netherlands, 12 km (7 mi) south of Kleve and 27 km (17 mi) southeast of Nijmegen.
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]On September 8th, 2011, A Magnitude 4.5 struck the town, causing damage to infrasctructure and to homes.
Twin towns – sister cities
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- 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 from Goch", has ancestors likely native to this location.
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![Siege of Goch [nl] in 1625, by Jan Luyken](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Goch_1625.JPG/120px-Goch_1625.JPG)
](/wiki/File:Goch%5F1625.JPG "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
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ "Stadtgeschichte". Stadt Goch. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaft". goch.de (in German). Goch. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
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