Enspijk 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 ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

West Betuwe West Betuwe is a municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Gelderland. West Betuwe had 51.948 inhabitants on 1 January 2022. The municipality was formed on January 1, 2019, by the merger of the municipalities Geldermalsen, Neerijnen, Li ...

, and lies about 14km (8.69 miles) west of

Tiel Tiel () is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the East. Tiel comprises the population centres Kapel- ...

. Enspijk was first mentioned in 1148 as Inspic, and means

promontory A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the so ...

. The en (inwards) was added to distinguish from neighbouring Spijk. Enspijk developed as a concentrated ''

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'' perpendicular to the

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of the

Linge The Linge is a river in the Betuwe that is 99.8 km long, which makes it one of the longest rivers that flow entirely within the Netherlands. It starts near the village Doornenburg near the German border. A legend tells us that if there wi ...

. The Dutch Reformed Church dates from the early 15th century and is a replacement of a 13th century church. The tower was built at the end of the 15th century. Huis te Enspijk was a castle. It was probably built in the 15th century, and was demolished in 1828. In 1840, it was home to 247 people.

Notable residents

Erik Pieters Erik Pieters (; born 7 August 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left back for West Bromwich Albion. Pieters began his career with Utrecht and made his professional debut in August 2006. He impressed enough at the Stadion Ga ...

(born 1988) football player

Gallery

File:De Hevormde kerk van Enspijk...jpg, Dutch Reformed Church File:Busy biketraffic at the Tea Garden at Enspijk with all fruit blossom trees at 25 April 2015 - panoramio.jpg, Tea Garden with fruit trees in bloom File:Enspijk GM Lepelstraat 5.jpg, House in Enspijk File:Enspijk RM Molenkampstraat 1.jpg, House in Enspijk

References

External links

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Official site
(in Dutch) Populated places in Gelderland West Betuwe {{Gelderland-geo-stub