Spijk is a village in the eastern

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. It is located in the municipality of

Zevenaar Zevenaar () is a municipality and a city in the Gelderland province, in the eastern Netherlands near the border with Germany. Population centres *Angerlo *Babberich *Giesbeek *Lathum *Ooy *Oud-Zevenaar *Zevenaar History The earliest signs of h ...

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, near the border with

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. Near Spijk, the

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crosses the

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into the Netherlands.

History

The village was first mentioned in 908 as Herispich, and means

promontory A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the so ...

of either the lord or army. Spijk developed into a long dike village along the

. The tower of the Dutch Reformed Church dates from around 1250 and was enlarged 1500. The church building dates from around 1500. It was restored between 1965 and 1969. In 1840, Spijk was home to 126 people. In 1914, a Roman Catholic church was built in the village.

Gallery

File:Rhine, Spijk, Netherlands.jpg, The Rhine near Spijk File:Brickwork industry (new building) along the Rhine river near Spijk. They use the clay from the river foreland - panoramio.jpg, Brickworks File:Pastorie spijk.JPG, Clergy house File:Spijk - 1.jpg, World War II monument

References

Populated places in Gelderland Germany–Netherlands border crossings Zevenaar {{Gelderland-geo-stub