page_title: Enschede
section_title: Public thinking & Public Service
hierarchical_section_title: Enschede / Notable people / Public thinking & Public Service
caption_attribution_description: Ko Wierenga
context_page_description: Enschede is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border with Germany. The municipality of Enschede consisted of the city of Enschede until 1935, when the rural municipality of Lonneker, which surrounded the city, was annexed after the rapid industrial expansion of Enschede which began in the 1860s and involved the building of railways and the digging of the Twentekanaal. The proposal for consolidation began in 1872, per the Turbantia newspaper article on 22 Jun 1872 that referenced a committee of 5 to oversea a study. They were: J. Mosman, H. Fikkert, H. G. Blijdenstein J. Bz., C. C. Schleucker, and G. J. van Heek.
  In sports and culture, Enschede is perhaps best known for being home to football club FC Twente, one-time Dutch champions.
context_section_description: Maurice Frankenhuis (1894–1969) a Jewish Dutch businessman, historian, researcher, author, Holocaust survivor and philanthropist; lived in Enschede pre-WW1
  Ankie Stork (ca.1922 – 2015) a Dutch resistance fighter during the WWII German occupation
  Kees Boertien (1927–2002) a Dutch politician and jurist
  Ko Wierenga (1933–2013) a Dutch politician and Mayor of Enschede 1977 to 1994
  Jan Mans (born 1940) a Dutch politician, Mayor of Enschede 1994 to 2005
  Bert Doorn (born 1949) politician and Member of the European Parliament
  Peter den Oudsten (born 1951) a Dutch politician, Mayor of Enschede 2005 to 2014
  Tomás Gómez Franco (born 1968) a Spanish politician
  Erik Akkersdijk (born 1989) a Dutch Rubik's Cube speedsolver
caption: Ko Wierenga, 2007
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