Weurt is a village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

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

Beuningen Beuningen () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality consists of the towns Beuningen, Ewijk, Winssen and Weurt. to the north lies the river Waal Beuningen lies adjacent to the A73 (Nijmegen-Venlo, on the south ...

, and lies about 0.1 km West 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 ...

. Weurt was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with Beuningen. It was first mentioned in 1148 as Vurdene, and means "land near water". Weurt developed along the

Waal River The Waal (Dutch name, ) is the main distributary branch of the river Rhine flowing approximately through the Netherlands. It is the major waterway connecting the port of Rotterdam to Germany. Before it reaches Rotterdam, it joins with the Afg ...

. In 1840, it was home to 451 people. A large

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resulted in a population increase. The 1837 church became too small, and was replaced by the St Andrews Church which was completed in 1898. After World War II, the village was extended southwards, and now borders the industrial area of

Gallery

File:Weurt (Beuningen Gld) woonhuis Past.v.d.Marckstraat 11.JPG, House in Weurt File:Weurt (Beuningen Gld) Villa Buitenhof Jonkerstraat 1 met hek.JPG, Villa Buitenhof File:'Femmeke' door Ad Merx, Rozenburg, Weurt 02.jpg, Femmeke by Ad Merx

References

Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Beuningen {{Gelderland-geo-stub