Kerk-Avezaath is a village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country 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 3 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- ...

. A small part of the village (not counted in the statistics above) is part of the municipality of

, and consists of about 60 houses.

History

It was first mentioned in 850 as Auansati, and means "church at the house of Avo (person)". The village developed along two parallel roads on a stream, and a stretched ''

esdorp __NOTOC__ 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 ...

'' developed. The tower of the

Dutch Reformed Church The Dutch Reformed Church (, abbreviated NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. It was the original denomination of the Dutch Royal Family and ...

dates from 1640 and has an 11th century base. The church dates from 1861 and has 14th century elements. In 1840, it was home to 449 people.

Gallery

File:N-H St.Lambertus-kerk Kerk-Avezaath.jpg, St. Lambertus Church File:Huis Kellendonk, zijkant - Kerk-Avezaath - 20124551 - RCE.jpg, Huis Kellendonk File:Huis ten Ham", voor- en zijgevel - Kerk-Avezaath - 20124547 - RCE.jpg, Huis ten Ham File:Kerk-Avezaath Boerderij Noordereind 5.jpg, Farm in Kerk-Avezaath

References

Populated places in Gelderland Buren Tiel {{Gelderland-geo-stub