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Stroe, Gelderland
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>It was first mentioned in 1296 as "Wlfumdus de Struode", and means "swamp with overgrowth".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> In 1840, it was home to 122 people. In 1966, a village house was opened in Stroe.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> In 1951, the army base Wittenberg was constructed near Stroe. In 1978, it was renamed Major-General Koot Barracks after Henri Koot [nl].<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Station Stroe". Stationsweb (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2022. <a href="http://www.stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=Stroe" target="_blank">http://www.stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=Stroe</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Stroe - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2022. <a href="https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/stroe" target="_blank">https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/stroe</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Stroe". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2022. <a href="https://www.plaatsengids.nl/stroe" target="_blank">https://www.plaatsengids.nl/stroe</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"De Generaal-majoor Kootkazerne is vijftig jaar later nog altijd in gebruik" (in Dutch). 10 August 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022. <a href="https://www.gelderlander.nl/home/de-generaal-majoor-kootkazerne-is-vijftig-jaar-later-nog-altijd-in-gebruik~aa44840e/" target="_blank">https://www.gelderlander.nl/home/de-generaal-majoor-kootkazerne-is-vijftig-jaar-later-nog-altijd-in-gebruik~aa44840e/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>