Loo is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Duiven Duiven () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Duiven's name can be translated into English to mean "pigeons" or "doves". Although the coat of arms and logo of the municipality feature pigeons, the name is etymologically related ...

in the

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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 ...

, the

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. The village has a

ferry A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus ...

connection to

Huissen Huissen () is a city with city rights in the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. The town is located in the Betuwe region and belongs to the municipality of Lingewaard, in the area between the major cities of Arnhem and Nijmegen. Huissen ...

. A couple of houses of Loo are part of

Lingewaard Lingewaard () is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Gelderland, in the most eastern part of the Betuwe. The municipality is situated in the upland and lowland, lowlands betwe ...

, because they were on a former river island which used to belong the

Duchy of Cleves The Duchy of Cleves (; ) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire which emerged from the medieval . It was situated in the northern Rhineland on both sides of the Lower Rhine, around its capital Cleves and the towns of Wesel, Kalkar, Xanten, Emme ...

History

It was first mentioned in 1294 or 1295 as Loy, and means forest. The village developed near the

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. A chapel was built in the 15th century, and was replaced by the St. Antonius Church in 1875. The '' havezate'' Lowaard was first mentioned in 1467. It was extensively rebuilt between 1558 and 1569. In 1742, it was transformed into a farm. In 1840, Loo was home to 242 people.

Gallery

File:A new "cottage" built in a traditional style along the Rhineriver - panoramio.jpg, Farm in Loo File:Loo-loostraat-07170005.jpg, Villa in Loo File:Standbeeld dorpsomroeper loo gelderland.JPG, Statue of the village announcer File:Partycenter Berentsen in the small village Loo, here are lots of cummunity activities - panoramio.jpg, Party centre

References

Populated places in Gelderland Duiven Lingewaard {{Gelderland-geo-stub