Snelrewaard is a hamlet in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the municipality of

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, and lies about 2 km east of the city of Oudewater. A small part of the hamlet is in

Montfoort Montfoort () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. Montfoort received city rights in 1329. Population centres The municipality of Montfoort consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or district ...

. Snelrewaard was a separate municipality from 1817 to 1989, when it was merged with

. It was first mentioned around 1307 as Snoyelrewaert, and means "land near water belonging to Snel (polder)". Snelrewaard has place name signs. In 1840, it was home to 140 people.

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File:Snelrewaard RM Noord Linschoterzandweg 24.jpg, Farm in Snelrewaard File:Overzicht van gedeelte van de voorgevel van boerderij - Oudewater - 20378445 - RCE.jpg, Farm in Snelrewaard File:Snelrewaard Melkbussen.jpg, Milk churns

References

Populated places in Utrecht (province) Former municipalities of Utrecht (province) Oudewater Montfoort {{Utrecht-geo-stub