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| name                    = Rekken
| settlement_type         = [[Village]]
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| native_name_lang        = nl
| image_skyline           = File:Rekken, Rooms Katholieke kerk de Martelaren van Gorcum GM1859wikinr150 foto10 2015-08-22 16.29.jpg
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| image_caption           = Catholic Church: the Martyrs of Gorcum
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gelderland]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Berkelland]]
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the province of [[Gelderland]]
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| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7157AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 20 March 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 25
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| area_total_km2          = 20.73
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 1,330
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 7157<ref name="stat"/>
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| area_code               = 0545
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|5|46|N|6|43|29|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}
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'''Rekken''' is a village in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] municipality of [[Berkelland]]. It lies in the most northeast corner of the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of  [[Gelderland]], about half a mile from the [[Germany|German]] border. The river [[Berkel]] enters The Netherlands east of Rekken. Rekken is also known in international aviation, by the [[VHF omnidirectional range]] called 'Rekken' (RKN).
In the 12th century Rekken is known in documents as part of the [[Parish]] [[Eibergen]]. Later it was allowed by the [[Bishopric of Münster]] to form an independent parish. The ''Rekkenaren'' built a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] Church on the northern bank of the Berkel.
Around 1616 the ''[[heerlijkheid]]'' [[Borculo]], (until then an autonomous area, where Rekken was a part of) became a property of the duke of [[Guelders]], and with that to the former [[Dutch Republic]]. The church in Rekken had to reform to the [[Dutch Reformed Church]], based on the theory of [[John Calvin]]. Many Catholics went to church in [[Oldenkotte]], just across the German border.
Freedom of religion came when Rekken  became part of the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]]. The Catholics then built a church on the southern bank of the Berkel. The river and the two churches divided the village in two parts. This is still visible nowadays.
== Gallery ==
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File:Rekken, de Antoniuskerk RM14620 foto9 2015-08-22 15.49.jpg|Church: the Antoniuskerk
File:Rekken, de Piepermolen RM14624 2e poging foto11 2015-08-22 16.55.jpg|Windmill: the Piepermolen
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==References==
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{{Dutch municipality Berkelland}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]
[[Category:Berkelland]]