Goch

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Goch
Town
St. Peter Church and vicarage Goch Hommersum
Coat of arms
Location of Goch within Kleve district
Goch Show map of Germany Goch Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
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	115.38 km2 (44.55 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	35,520
• Density	310/km2 (800/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; Dutch: Gogh) 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]

Goch is twinned with:^[4]

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

• 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.

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

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