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Olst-Wijhe is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, eastern Netherlands. It was created on January 1, 2004 by the merger of the two former municipalities of Olst and Wijhe. Municipal offices are distributed over the two eponymous main towns with the mayor residing in Wijhe.
Although the border between the provinces of Overijssel and Gelderland largely runs along river IJssel, there are two left-bank exclaves opposite the towns of Olst and Wijhe, in which the villages of Welsum and Marle are situated.
Both Olst and Wijhe are old towns. Olst is first mentioned in chronicles in 947, Wijhe in 960. Traditionally, agriculture, cattle and meat processing were the prime sources of income in the area. Nowadays, the towns are mainly commuter residences for people working in Deventer and Zwolle. The surrounding land still relies heavily on agriculture.
Apart from river IJssel, several more streams flow across the municpality's territory. They are called wetering ("waterway") and are natural streams that were channelized in the eighteenth century. From west to east, these are Zandwetering, Soestwetering, Groote Vloedgraven, Oude Wetering and Nieuwe Wetering. All these streams flow together at one point or other to form the Zwarte Water river near Zwolle. On the left side of river IJssel, near the village of Welsum, there are several more wetering streams. One of these, the Terwoldsche Wetering, forms the west border of Olst-Wijhe and the neighbouring Gelderland municipality of Voorst.
Sights
Olst
Eikelhof
INT JAER UNSES HEREN MCCCC EN XCIII
STIERF HIER JOHAN LUCKENS
BID VOER DE SELE
(In the year of Our Lord 1493 | Johan Luckens died here | pray for the soul)
Population centres
The municipality consists of the following villages and hamlets: Boerhaar, Boskamp, Den Nul, Duur, Eikelhof, Elshof, Fortmond, Hengforden, Herxen, Marle, Middel, Olst, Welsum, Wesepe and Wijhe.
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