Neerijnen () is a village and former

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in the

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. It is about south of

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and some north of

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. On 1 January 2019, it merged with

Geldermalsen Geldermalsen () is a town and former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. Town of Geldermalsen The town centre of Geldermalsen contains a two-aisled Got ...

and

Lingewaal Lingewaal () is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. On 1 January 2019, the municipality merged with Geldermalsen and Neerijnen to form the new municipality of West Betuwe. Hi ...

to form the new municipality of

West Betuwe West Betuwe is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. West Betuwe had 51.948 inhabitants on 1 January 2022. The municipality was formed on 1 January 2019 by the merger of the municipalities Geldermalsen, Neerijnen, Lingewaal. To ...

History

It was first mentioned in 996 as in Ine. The etymology in unclear. It is neer (lower) in comparison with

Opijnen Opijnen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 10 km southwest of Tiel. Opijnen was a separate municipality until 1818, when it changed its name to Est en Opijnen. ...

(upper). The village developed as an ''

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'' perpendicular to the dike of the

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. Neerijnen Castle was built around 1350 and formed a single estate with Waardenburg Castle. In 1574, it was under siege by

William the Silent William the Silent or William the Taciturn (; 24 April 153310 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange (), was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburg Netherlands, Habsburgs that set off the ...

and mainly destroyed. The castle was rebuilt in 1627. In 1980, it served as town hall. In 2019, Neerijnen merged into

, and the castle was put up for sale. In 1840, it was home to 294 people. The Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1865.

Former population centres

* Est * Haaften * Heesselt * Hellouw * Neerijnen *

Ophemert Ophemert is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 5 km south of Tiel. Ophemert was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1978, when it was merged with Neerijnen. ...

* Tuil * Varik * Waardenburg

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Neerijnen, June 2015''

Gallery

File:Neerijnen Achterstraat 2.jpg, House in Neerijnen File:.Boerderijtje bij Snelleveld..JPG, Farm with haystack File:Neerijnen Waalbandijk 19 (2).jpg, Restaurant on the dike

References

External links

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Official website
West Betuwe Former municipalities of Gelderland Populated places in Gelderland Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019 {{gelderland-geo-stub