Zutphen

Zutphen, a town in the Dutch province of Guelderland, on the Yssel, here joined by the Berkel, 18 miles NNE. of Arnhem by rail. Of buildings the chief are the Great Church (1103; restored 1857) and the 'Wijn Huis' tower. At Rysselt, 3 miles N., is the boys' reformatory of 'Nederlandsch Mettray' (1851). Zutphen has manufactures of paper, oil, leather, &c. It has been several times besieged; and in a skirmish on the field of Warnsfeld, a little to the east, Sir Philip Sidney (q.v.) received his death-wound from a Spanish bullet, 2d October 1586. Pop. 17,004.