Beneden-Leeuwen
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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 on 1 July 2021.[1] It is the Catholic part of the former village Leeuwen.
History
It was first called Beneden-Leeuwen in 1986 to distinguish from Boven-Leeuwen.[2] Leeuwen was first attested in the 12th century as Lewen, and means "settlement near burial hill".[3] The village developed along the Waal. In 1898, a Catholic church was built in Beneden-Leeuwen, and the village split in a Catholic (beneden) and a Protestant (boven) village.[4] The St. Alphonsus de Liguori Church was built between 1898 and 1900.[5] In 1840, the entire village of Leeuwen was home to 2,128 people.[6] Windmill De Wielewaal is a grist mill built in 1857.[7]
Notable people
- Hanneke Hoefnagel (born 1988), gymnast
- Jona Lendering (born 1964), historian
- Marco Pastors (born 1965), politician
- Julian Sas (born 1970), blues rock musician[8]
- Arno van Zwam (born 1969), footballer
Gallery
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Church: Sint Alphonsus de Liguorikerk
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Windmill De Wielewaal
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House boats near Beneden-Leeuwen
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Villa in Beneden-Leeuwen
References
External links
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