Erichem is a village in the
Dutch
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People E ...
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
Buren
Buren () is a town and municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands.
Buren has 27,168 inhabitants as of 1 January 2022.
Geography
Buren is located in Gelderland, a province of the Netherlands. It is part of the landscape of Betuwe, a ...
, and lies about 5 km 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- ...
.
It was first mentioned in 850 as Ermkina, and means "settlement of the people of Ero or Eric (person)".
The village developed along a former stream as a stretched out ''
esdorp
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An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture or grassy place ...
''. The St. Joris Church has a 14th century tower with a 13th century base. The church dates from around 1500.
In 1840, it was home to 438 people.
In 2017, a
barn fire in Erichem killed approximately 20,000 pigs.
Animal welfare groups launched protests against large scale animal husbandry. In 2019, the farmer announced plans to rebuild. The new barn would house 29,000 pigs.
Gallery
File:N-H St.Joris-kerk Erichem 2.jpg, St Joris Church
File:Erichem "Dorpshuis" at 24 April 2015 - panoramio.jpg, Village house
File:Erichem in de Betuwe.JPG, Street view
File:Lingestein.JPG, Farm Lingestein
References
Populated places in Gelderland
Buren
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