ENSCHEDE, in the province of Overysel, Holland, near the German frontier, and a junction 5 m. S.E. of Hengelo. Pop. (1930) 51,805. It is the centre of the flourishing cotton-spinning and weaving industries of the Twente district ; while by the rail way via Gronau and Koesfeld to Dortmund it is in direct com munication with the Westphalian coalfields. Enschede possesses an industrial trade school, and a large park used as a recreation ground for its growing population. About two-thirds of the town was burnt down in 1862.