Elden, Netherlands
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Elden 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 located in the municipality of
Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...
, about 4 km southwest of the city centre. Elden was a separate municipality between 1813 and 1818, when it was merged with Elst. It became part of Arnhem in 1966. The village of Elden, on the south side of the
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, has now been completely surrounded by neighbourhoods of the city of Arnhem and is now an enclave. The village still has its own place name signs.


History

The village was first mentioned in 855 as Elti. The etymology is unknown. The Saint Boniface dates from the 14th century. Elden was home to 791 people in 1840. Around 1930,
Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...
started to expand to the other side of the Rhine. In 1935, the bridge over the Rhine which is nowadays called
John Frost Bridge John Frost Bridge (''John Frostbrug'' in Dutch) is the road bridge over the Lower Rhine at Arnhem, in the Netherlands. The bridge is named after Major-General John Dutton Frost (1912–1993), who commanded the British forces that reached and d ...
was built. Most of the village was destroyed during Operation Market Garden during which 2nd Parachute Battalion commanded by John Frost managed to take the bridge, but found itself surrounded.


Gallery

Image:2006-05-02 17.59 Arnhem-Elden, molen.JPG, Elden, windmill File:Arnhem-Elden, monumentaal woonhuis GM022WN0440 met sneeuw foto1 2017-01-15 12.50.jpg, Elden, monumental living-house File:Arnhem-Elden, water Het Hoefijzer foto5 2015-07-01 12.11.jpg, Town lake: Het Hoefijzer File:Arnhem-Elden, oorlogsmonument aan de Klapstraat foto22015-07-01 12.33.jpg, War memorial at de Klapstraat File:Arnhem-Elden, de Westerveldse Kolk - park bij Drielsedijk 7 GM0202WN0445 foto5 2015-07-02 06.29.jpg, de Westerveldse Kolk - park near Drielsedijk


References

Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Arnhem {{Gelderland-geo-stub