Azewijn is a village in the
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province of
Gelderland
Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...
and the municipality
Montferland
Montferland () is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam.
Population centres
Formerly part of Bergh municipality:
*Azewijn
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, and is about 3 km east of the town of
's-Heerenberg
s-Heerenberg is a city on the Dutch-German border, in the Province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It is located about 5 km north of the German Emmerich, and about south of Doetinchem. It received city rights in 1379.
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The larger part of Azewijn is known as "Groot-Azewijn" (''Greater Azewijn''), with the hamlet "Klein-Azewijn" (''Lesser Azewijn'') about 1 km to the north.
Azewijn was first mentioned in 1025 as 'Asawon'; but the etymology is unclear.
The village belonged to the
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Re ...
before it became part of the Netherlands in 1816.
Population in 1840 was 525.
St Matthews Church at Azewijn was built in 1891. It was burnt down by Germans on 31 March 1945, and was rebuilt in 1950–1951.
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Populated places in Gelderland
Montferland
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