Goor

Goor is a town about 20 km West of Enschede in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It received town rights in 1263. The population is about 13,000.

Goor was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became a part of Hof van Twente.

Goor was the site of a statue of the republican leader Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol, but the statue was destroyed by royalists Orangists after the republican movement was crushed in 1787.