Gameren 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

Zaltbommel Zaltbommel (), also known, historically and colloquially, as Bommel, is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. History The city of Zaltbommel The town of Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. Zaltbommel received ...

, and lies about northwest of

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. Gameren was a separate municipality until 1955, when it was merged with

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1146 as Gamberem, and means "settlement on the Gamber (river)". Gameren developed into a stretched out ''

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'' along the

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. The Protestant Church dates from around 1860, and in 1920 a clergy house was attached to the church. In 1840, Gameren was home to 1,042 people. In 2004, many members of the Reformed Church did not want to join the united

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, and formed the

Restored Reformed Church The Restored Reformed Church ( nl, Hersteld Hervormde Kerk, abbreviated HHK) is a Calvinist denomination in the Netherlands. It was founded in 2004, from congregations which made up the orthodox-reformed wing of the Dutch Reformed Church; t ...

. In 2014, they opened their own church building without approximately 350 seats.

Gallery

File:Overzichtsfoto gereformeerde kerk gameren.jpg, Protestant Church File:H-H Hersteld-Hervormde-Kerk Gameren 2.jpg, Restored Reformed Church File:Dijker Waaldijk Gameren.jpg, Art in Gameren File:Gameren GM Delkant 18.jpg, House in Gameren

References

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