Bahr is a hamlet in the
Dutch 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 ...
.
[''VUGA's Alfabetische Plaatsnamengids van Nederland'' (13th edition), VUGA, 1997.] It is located in the municipality
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 o ...
, about 3 km southeast of
Rheden.
[''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.]
The village was first mentioned in 1272 as de Bare. It may mean "barren land". It became part of Gelderland in 1735.
The hamlet has no place name signs. In 1840, it was home to 144 people. Nowadays it consists of about 20 houses.
According to the 19th-century historian A.J. van der Aa,
it had about 170 inhabitants in the middle of the 19th century. The large castle "Bahr" was located here, until it was demolished after a siege in 1495.
See also
*
Van Baer (family)
The Van Baer family, also known as Van Baer van Lathum or Van Bahr Van Lathum, was a Middle Age noble family from Bahr and Lathum
Lathum is a village in the municipality of Zevenaar in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands
)
, anth ...
References
Populated places in Gelderland
Zevenaar
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