Valburg is a village 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 located in the municipality of

Overbetuwe Overbetuwe () is a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 January 2001 as a merger of three former municipalities: Elst, Heteren and Valburg. Overbetuwe is bordered in the north by the river Rhine and in ...

, about 10 km northwest of

Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...

. Valburg was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became part of Overbetuwe.

History

It was first mentioned in 792 or 793 as "in uilla Falburcmarca", and means "the castle of Falho (person)". The eastern side of the village developed into an ''

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''. The Dutch Reformed Church dates from the 14th century with a 13th century tower. It has been restored between 1968 and 1971. The

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Nieuw Leven was built in 1750 and restored in 1996. In 1840, it was home to 688 people.

Gallery

Image:Valburg, de Hervormde kerk RM36722 IMG 8566 2021-03-24 16.15.jpg, Valburg, Dutch Reformed church Image:Valburg, molen Nieuw Leven RM36725 IMG 3989 2018-06-06 09.22.jpg, Valburg, windmill: Nieuw Leven File:Valburg, de Betuwelijn vanaf het spoorviadukt IMG 4003 2018-06-06 09.34.jpg, Valburg, the Betuwelijn from the railway viaduct File:Valburg-molenstraat-molenhoekplein.JPG, House in Valburg

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001 Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Overbetuwe {{Gelderland-geo-stub