Veessen 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 located in the municipality of

Heerde Heerde () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Gelderland, in the eastern Netherlands. Compared to the rest of the Netherlands, Heerde is fairly religious, as are many of t ...

. Veessen was a separate municipality between 1812 and 1818, when it was merged with Heerde. It was first mentioned in 1217 as Vesce. The etymology is unclear. Veessen is an ''

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'' near the

IJssel The IJssel (; ) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the IJsselmeer (before the 1932 completion of the Afsluitdijk known as the Zuiderzee), a North Sea natural harbour. It more immediatel ...

River. Later, it developed into a

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on the dike. The Dutch Reformed has been built in 1843 as a replacement of a medieval church. The Mölle van Bats is a

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built in 1779. A stream engine driven mill was built next to windmill in 1888. In 1840, Veessen was home to 775 people.

Gallery

File:Floormill at Veessen along the IJsselriver at 31 Januari 2015 - panoramio.jpg, Mölle van Bats File:Molen Mölle van Bats De Hank (01).jpg, Statue at the harbour File:Haven Veessen.jpg, Harbour of Veessen File:Veessen, de Nederlands Hervormde kerk RM21149 foto4 2013-08-01 17.09.jpg, Dutch Reformed Church

References

Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Heerde {{Gelderland-geo-stub