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{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Doesburg
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Straatbeeld, hoek Roggestraat - Philip Gastelaarsstraat - Doesburg - 20425395 - RCE.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Square in Doesburg
| image_flag              = Flag of Doesburg.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Doesburg.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0221 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Doesburg in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands#Europe
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location within the Netherlands##Location within Europe
| pushpin_relief          = 1
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|1|N|6|8|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gelderland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.doesburg.nl/waarnemend-burgemeester-rob-bats
 |title       = Rob Bats
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Doesburg
 |access-date  = 27 May 2026
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Rob Bats]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Doesburg}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Doesburg}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Doesburg}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 6981BH
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 23 June 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 13
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Doesburg}}
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| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Doesburg}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Doesburger
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 6980–6984
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0313
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.doesburg.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
[[File:Gem-Doesburg-OpenTopo.jpg|275px|thumb|''Map of Doesburg, June 2015'']]
'''Doesburg''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈduzbʏr(ə)x|-|Nl-Doesburg.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a city in the eastern [[Netherlands]] in the province of Gelderland. Doesburg received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1237 and had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Doesburg}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}. The city is situated on the right bank of the River [[IJssel]] at its confluence with the River [[Oude IJssel]]. It is part of the Arnhem-Nijmegen Green Metropolitan Region ({{langx|nl|Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen}}), which aids planning and development in the region's eighteen municipalities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Website Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen |url=https://www.groenemetropoolregio.nl |access-date=8 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref>

==History==
Doesburg received city rights in 1237, one year later than the neighbouring town of [[Doetinchem]]. Because of its strategic position along the Oude IJssel and Gelderse IJssel, Doesburg has been an important fortified city for a long time. Its fortification made Doesburg an important economic and administrative city. The [[Martinikerk (Doesburg)|Martinikerk]], the main church in Doesburg, is 94 meters tall. For many reasons, including the IJssel's decreasing depth, the prosperity of Doesburg stagnated after the 15th century. Due to its position near the [[Ijssel]] Doesburg became the location of military conflicts, it was [[Capture of Doesburg (1572)|captured]] by [[Willem IV van den Bergh]] and [[Siege of Doesburg (1672)|besieged]] 100 years later by the French. Doesburg became a quiet provincial town, and remained so until after the second world war. The city was protected in 1974, designated as a historic town.

As Doesburg was officially a fortified city up to 1923, it could not be expanded. After the second world war the city grew rapidly. In the 1950s, a suburb called Molenveld ({{langx|en|mill field}}) was built on the Eastern side of the city. In the 1970s and 1980s a suburb called Beinum was built to the south of the Oude IJssel, and Campstede was subsequently built to the south of Beinum. At the beginning of the 21st century the construction of a new area at the IJsselkade was started with 44 houses and 124 apartments designed by the Italian architect Adolfo Natalini. In 2007, construction of a hotel called "Noabers" was started. After a few months it was insolvent, but was taken over and reopened a year later.

== Tourism ==
In the north of Doesburg there are several camp-sites where in the high season 4000 visitors stay each year. The historical city centre has museums and monuments that draw thousands of tourists every year. Major attractions include the Gildehof, the Doesburgse mustard factory and 'De Waag', possibly the oldest public house in the Netherlands.

== Industry ==

Doesburg has a number of business parks. These include the Verhuellweg on the north side of the city, and Beinum-Oost and Beinum-West to the east of the city. Along the Gelderse Ijssel are an iron foundry and a concrete call centre, as well as a builder of motor yachts.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

The city used to be an important location for the production of mustard, as testified by the [[Mosterdmuseum Doesburg|local Mustard museum]].

== Well-known Doesburgers ==
[[File:Портрет к статье «Кинсберген, Ян-Генрих». Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915).jpg|140px|thumb|Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen]]
[[File:Robert Jacob Gordon00.jpg|140px|thumb|Robert Jacob Gordon, 1780]]
* [[Peter of Dusburg]] (circa 1260–1326) a Priest-Brother and [[chronicler]] of the [[Teutonic Knights]]<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Peter_of_Duisburg |volume= 21 |short=x}}</ref>
* [[Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen]] (1735 in Doesburg – 1819) Count of Doggersbank, was a Dutch naval officer and sea hero
* [[Robert Jacob Gordon]] (1743 in Doesburg – 1795) explorer, soldier, artist, naturalist and linguist of Scottish descent
* [[Carel Hendrik Ver Huell]] (also Verhuell) (born 1764 in Doetinchem – 1845) a Dutch, and later French, admiral and statesman
* [[Johan Conrad van Hasselt]] (1797 in Doesburg – 1823) physician, zoologist, botanist and mycologist
* [[Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye]] (1800 in Doesburg – 1872) politician
* [[Frederik Alexander Adolf Gregory]] (1814 in Doesburg – 1891) a Dutch [[Vice admiral]]
* [[Charles August Masse]] (born 1838 in Doesburg – 1913) a member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]
* [[Theo Colenbrander]] (1841 in Doesburg – 1930) architect, ceramist, plaque painter and designer 
* [[Kees Luesink]] (1953–2014 in Doesburg) a politician, Mayor of Doesburg from 2008
* [[Elbert Roest]] (born 1954) a historian, politician and former teacher, Doesburg municipal councillor 1992 to 2002
* [[Clemens Cornielje]] (born 1958 in Lobith) politician and former political consultant and educator
* [[Agnes Kant]] (born 1967) a retired politician, lives in Doesburg

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Bridge over the "Oude IJssel" near Doesburg with shiptraffic - panoramio.jpg|Bridge over the Oude IJssel near Doesburg
Image:Doesburg, Martinikerk foto2 2010-10-17 15.23.JPG|Martinikerk church, Doesburg
Image:Doesburg, de Waag RM12999 IMG 5460 2020-05-09 16.25.jpg|Doesburg, the Waag (weigh house)
Image:Doesburg, monumentaal pand foto8 2011-03-02 11.29.jpg|Doesburg, [[Huys Optenoort]]
Image:Doesburg, moderne woonpanden aan de IJsselkade met sculptuur Passi d'Oro van Roberto Barni IMG 1926 2018-04-06 11.26.jpg|Doesburg, modern architecture
</gallery>

==References==
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== External links ==
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{{Wikiquote}}
* [http://www.doesburg.nl Official website]
* many sourced quotes and facts of Theo van Doesburg in: [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/jaff001stij01_01/jaff001stij01_01.pdf ''De Stijl 1917-1931 - The Dutch Contribution to Modern Art'', by H.L.C. Jaffé]; J.M. Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1956
{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Doesburg
 | North     = [[Bronckhorst]]
 | East      = [[Bronckhorst]]
 | South     = [[Zevenaar]]
 | West      = [[Rheden]]
}}
{{Gelderland Province}}

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