ical ▁areas ▁in ▁Germany ▁and ▁neighbor ing ▁German ic - spe aking ▁countries , ▁runs ▁through ▁and ▁is ▁named ▁after ▁K ref eld ' s ▁U erd ingen ▁district , ▁originally ▁an ▁independent ▁municipality . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Early ▁history ▁Records ▁first ▁mention ▁K ref eld ▁in ▁ 1 1 0 5 ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Kr in vel de . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 1 5 9 8 , ▁Wal burg a , ▁wife ▁of ▁Adolf ▁van ▁Nie uw ena ar , ▁and ▁last ▁Count ess ▁of ▁Lim burg ▁and ▁Mo ers , ▁gave ▁the ▁County ▁of ▁Mo ers , ▁which ▁included ▁K ref eld , ▁to ▁Maurice , ▁Prince ▁of ▁Orange . ▁After ▁her ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 0 , ▁John ▁William ▁of ▁Cle ves ▁took ▁possession ▁of ▁these ▁lands , ▁but ▁Maurice ▁successfully ▁def ended ▁his ▁her itage ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 1 . ▁K ref eld ▁and ▁Mo ers ▁would ▁remain ▁under ▁the ▁juris diction ▁of ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Orange ▁and ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Republic ▁during ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Golden ▁Age . ▁The ▁growth ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁began ▁in ▁that ▁century , ▁partially ▁because ▁K ref eld ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁few ▁towns ▁sp ared ▁the ▁horror s ▁of ▁the ▁Th irty ▁Years ' ▁War ▁( 1 6 1 8 – 1 6 4 8 ). ▁The ▁town ▁of ▁U erd ingen , ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁K ref eld ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁was ▁less ▁fort un ate , ▁almost ▁ce asing ▁to ▁exist ,