Uitwijk is a village in the municipality of

Altena Altena (; Westphalian: ''Altenoa'') is a town in the district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's castle is the origin for the later Dukes of Berg. Altena is situated on the Lenne river valley, in the northern stretc ...

, in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

.Uitwijk
Plaatsengids.nl It is located about 3 km south of

Woudrichem Woudrichem (; Brabantian: ''Woerkum'') is a city and former municipality in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. History The city of Woudrichem was granted city rights in 1356. Geography The municipality is located at in th ...

, and just north of

Waardhuizen Waardhuizen is a village in the municipality of Altena, in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands.Waardhuizen

. As of 2021, Uitwijk had 340 inhabitants.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1108 as Hubertus de Utwic, and means "outward lying neighbourhood". Uitwijk is an ''

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 ...

'' which developed on a sandy ridge during the Middle Ages. The tower of the Dutch Reformed church dates from around 1300. The nave was built around 1500, and the choir is from the early-16th century. Uitwijk home to 180 people in 1840, and was a part of the municipality of

Almkerk Almkerk is a village in the municipality of Altena, North Brabant, Altena, in the Netherlands. It is located about 7 km south of Gorinchem. History The village was first mentioned in 1292 as Almekercke, and means "church on the Alm river". ...

(until the mid-19th century also called Almkerk en Uitwijk). Almkerk merged into the municipality of

in 1973, and the later merged into the municipality of Altena in 2019. Uitwijk lies northwest of the

Oude Alm Awadh (), known in British historical texts as Avadh or Oudh, is a region in the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. It is synonymous with the Kośāla region of ...

stream. The hamlet of belongs to Uitwijk.

References

External links

Almkerk en Uitwijk
Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum Populated places in North Brabant Geography of Altena, North Brabant {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub