Zoelmond is a village in the
Dutch
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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 a part of the municipality of
Buren
Buren () is a town and municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands.
Buren has 27,168 inhabitants as of 1 January 2022.
Geography
Buren is located in Gelderland, a province of the Netherlands. It is part of the landscape of Betuwe, a ve ...
, and lies about 10 km northwest of
Tiel
Tiel () is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the East. Tiel comprises the population centres Kapel- ...
.
It was first mentioned in 1214 as Zolemunde, and means "mouth of the river Zoel". The village developed into a stretched out ''
esdorp
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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 ...
'' along the former river. A chapel was built in 1404 which was expanded into a church around 1447. The tower dates from 1911.
In 1840, it was home to 536 people.
A
grist mill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...
was built in 1714, but it burned down in 1917 and the remainder was demolished in 1987.
Gallery
File:Kerk Zoelmond.JPG, Church of Zoelmond
File:Zoelmond Boerderij Plein 7.jpg, Farm in Zoelmond
File:Zoelmond Het-Klooster Haardijk 3.jpg, Villa "Het Klooster"
File:Hennisdijk, Zoelmond, Netherlands - panoramio (1).jpg, Wooden horse in the pasture
References
Populated places in Gelderland
Buren
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