Horssen 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

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, and lies about 10 km northwest of

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. Horssen was a separate municipality until 1984, when it was merged with

History

It was first mentioned in 1242 as "de Horsne". The etymology is unclear. The village developed on a sand hill. It contains three churches close to one-another. The Saint Boniface Church was a tower from the 14th century. The current church dates from the 19th century. The Dutch Reformed Church was built from 1821 to 1822. The Saint Anthony church has built from 1909 to 1910. Huis te Horssen was a manor house from the 17th century. It was demolished in 1879 and replaced by a farm which was remodelled into an estate. It used to be owned by the Jurgens family, one of the founders of

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. In 2004, it was restored to its original condition. In 1840, Horssen was home to 813 people.

Notable people

Merel Smulders Merel Smulders (born 23 January 1998 in Horssen) is a Dutch BMX rider. Career She was the silver medal winner at the 2018 UCI BMX World Championships behind her sister Laura Smulders. Prior to this became junior World Time Trial Champion at t ...

(born 1998), BMX rider

Gallery

File:Tussen Horssen en Hernen, landbouwbedrijf in polderlandschap IMG 4033 2018-06-06 11.29.jpg, Agricultural company in the polder between Horssen and Hernen File:Horssen GM Rijdt 30.jpg, House in Horssen File:Horssen (Druten) Rijksmonument 22642 Huis te Horssen Zelksestraat 14.JPG, Huis te Horssen File:Horssen Kabouters en smurfen.jpg, Gnomes and smurfs

References

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