Diepenheim

Diepenheim is a metropolis inside the municipality of Hof van Twente inside the Dutch province of Overijssel, placed on the Regge . Diepenheim is a center for the visual arts and is thought for its castles and possessions and the landscaped gardens and parks. Diepenheim is one of the 8 medieval towns in Twente . It originated in the glory Diepenheim, which changed into first owned by way of the Lords of Diepenheim and came into the hands of the Counts of Dahl in the 2nd half of the twelfth century via the marriage of the heiress daughter Regenwice of Diepenheim .

In 1331 the distinction was offered to the bishop of Utrecht. In 1224 the chapel of the Diepenheim House turned into expanded to a parish church and the associated territory separated from the Markelo parish, to which Diepenheim belonged till then. The church is devoted to the John the Evangelist and has served as a Dutch Reformed Church because the seventeenth century see Johannes Church. During the Reformation, the population of Diepenheim predominantly handed over to Protestantism, however the populace of the community of Markpende, which belonged to Diepenheim, remained Roman Catholics in a massive majority.