Goch

Goch is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated close to the border with the sebengewald in Netherlands, approx. 12km south of Kleve, and 27km southeast of Nijmegen. Other places in Goch are Asperden and Kessel.HistoryGoch 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.Notable natives and residentsThe city is the birthplace of: Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, (980-1002), Johannes von Goch, (c. 1400-1475), Medieval theologian Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen (1540-1589), Count of Afferden and Blijenbeek, war observer 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 Luisa Wensing (born 1993), soccer player at the VfL WolfsburgThe city is the deathplace of: Francisco de Moncada, (1586-1635), Spanish author, military leader, and governor of the Spanish Netherlands