Lienden is a village in the
Dutch
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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
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 9 km south of
Veenendaal
Veenendaal () is a municipality and a town in central Netherlands, located in the province of Utrecht. Veenendaal is the only population centre within its administrative borders. The municipality had a population of 67.601 inhabitants on 1 january ...
.
Lienden was a separate municipality until 1999, when it was merged with
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 ...
.
History
It was first mentioned in 970 as Liendna. It may refer to the linden tree (''
Tilia
''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperateness, temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Britain a ...
''), however the etymology is unclear. The village originated along the
Oude Rijn, however the river became non-navigable around 1200. The Dutch Reformed Church was built around 1400, and the tower dates from 1450.
In 1840, it was home to 829 people.
Windmill ''
De Zwaan'' dates from 1644 and is a
grist mill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...
. It was restored in 1939-1940 and 1990. The windmill is intermediate between the old towers and the later stone windmills.
Gallery
file:Domaine de Lynden.png, The '' heerlijkheid'' of Lienden in 1626
File:Molen De Zwaan Lienden inrijkant.jpg, De Zwaan
File:Lienden, kerk de Maagd Maria RM25836 IMG 2509 2019-09-15 14.20.jpg, Church: the Virgin Mary
File:Lienden, moderne windmolens aan de Zilverlandseweg IMG 2450 2019-09-15 09.54.jpg, Windfarm at the Zilverlandseweg
See also
*
van Lynden
The House of Lynden is one of the oldest families of the Dutch nobility, originating in the Duchy of Guelders. This family later gave rise to different branches. Most remained in the Netherlands and produced several Dutch politicians, ministers, ...
family.
References
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1999
Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Buren
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