Boven-Leeuwen is a village in the

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province of

Gelderland Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

West Maas en Waal West Maas en Waal () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Gelderland. The municipality covers the western part of the , an island located between the Meuse and Waal (river), Waal rivers. Popu ...

, and lies about 9 km east of

Tiel Tiel () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal (river), Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the Eas ...

. It is the protestant part of the former village of Leeuwen.

History

It was first called Boven-Leeuwen in 1986 to distinguish from

Beneden-Leeuwen Beneden-Leeuwen is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 7 km east of Tiel, on the opposite (southern) bank of the river Waal. Beneden-Leeuwen has 6,925 inhabitants ...

. Leeuwen was first attested in the 12th century as Lewen, and means "settlement near burial hill". The village developed along the

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. In 1898, a Catholic church was built in Beneden-Leeuwen, and the village split in a Catholic (beneden) and a Protestant (boven) village. The Dutch Reformed church was built between 1753 and 1756. It was severely damaged in 1944/1945, and restored between 1964 and 1966. In 1918, a Catholic church was constructed in Boven-Leeuwen. Huis te Leeuwen is a

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which was built in 1654 as an extension of a medieval house. In 1819, the estate was demolished except for the gate house and the moat. In 1840, the entire village of Leeuwen was home to 2,128 people.

People born in Boven-Leeuwen

* Airco Caravan (born 1965), artist

Gallery

File:Boven-Leeuwen Rijksmonument 38244 Huis te Leeuwen Waalbandijk 7.jpg, Huis te Leeuwen File:Boerderij uit de 19e eeuw aan de Waalbandijk in Boven Leeuwen.jpg, Farm in Boven-Leeuwen File:Boven-Leeuwen Rijksmonument 523086 kerk Past.Schoenmakersstr 2.jpg, Catholic church File:Boven-Leeuwen Rijksmonument 38245 NH-kerkje Waalbandijk 21.jpg, Dutch Reformed church

References

Populated places in Gelderland West Maas en Waal {{Gelderland-geo-stub