Maurik is a town 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

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 ve ...

, and lies about 8 km north 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- ...

History

The village was first mentioned around 300 as Mannaricio, and since 997 as Maldericke. The etymology is unclear, and the relation between the oldest form which is possibly Celtic and the current name is also in doubt. Maurik developed in the Early Middle Ages along the

Nederrijn 300px, Course of the Nederrijn Nederrijn (; "Lower Rhine"; not to be confused with the section called Lower Rhine further upstream) is the name of the Dutch part of the Rhine from the confluence at the town of Angeren of the cut-off Rhine bend ...

. The Dutch Reformed church is a three aisled basilica-like church with a needle spire. The lower part of the tower dates from the 14th century, the upper part was added during the 16th century. The church dates from the 15th century, and has been restored between 1920 and 1925. Maurik was home to 1,370 people in 1840. Maurik was a separate municipality until 1999, when it was merged with

. The Eiland van Maurik (Island of Maurik) is a recreational area on a peninsula in the flood plains of the Nederrijn. It contains camp sites and holiday homes.

Gallery

Image:Maurik, weiden met koeien bij het Eiland van Maurik IMG 2470 2019-09-15 12.52.jpg, near Eiland van Maurik, panorama with cows File:Centralemaurik.jpg, Hydroelectric plant File:Maurik Raadhuis Raadhuisstraat 34.jpg, Former town hall File:Maurik Hallehuisboerderij Dorpsplein 6.jpg, Building in Maurik

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1999 Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Buren {{Gelderland-geo-stub