Lingewaard

Lingewaard parish

flag	coat of arms
province	Gelderland
mayor	Josan Meijers ( PvdA ; acting)
Seat of the municipality	Bemmel
Area  - land  - water	69.14  km 2 62.21 km 2 6.93 km 2
CBS code	1705
Residents	46,479 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	672 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 54 '  N , 5 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 54 '  N , 5 ° 54'  E
Important traffic route
prefix	026, 0481
Postcodes	6681, 6684-6687, 6691, 6851-6852, 6924
Website	Homepage of Lingewaard

Lingewaard ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland . According to the CBS, it had 46,479 inhabitants and a total area of ​​69.14 km² on January 31, 2019 .

places

The following places are located in the municipality (the approximate number of inhabitants between brackets (2017)):

• the city of Huissen (19,176); as well as the villages:
• Bemmel (12.251), here is the headquarters of the municipal administration
• Gendt (7,210)
• Angeren (2,839)
• Doornenburg (2,726)
• Haalderen (2,047)
• Ressen (124)
• and the hamlet of Loo (6)

Location and economy

The municipality is located in the Betuwe region , immediately southeast of Arnhem ; Huissen can be considered a suburb of the provincial capital. Bemmel is 5 km more southwest. To the west of the municipality is Overbetuwe . Lingewaard is bounded to the west by the A325 Arnhem - Nijmegen motorway , which crosses the A15 (Arnhem - Tiel - Dordrecht - Rotterdam ) at Ressen . To the west of Doornenburg, the Rhine divides into its two arms, Pannerdensch Kanaal (north) and Waal (south). At Angeren, the Pannerdensch Kanaal merges into the Nederrijn .

Lingewaard does not have a train station, but since 2007 it has been crossed by the Betuweroute , a new freight railway line.

In the community there is a brick factory , some transport companies, and a lot of small businesses, but horticulture and agriculture are more important. In Bemmel is the Buitenzorg Stud , where many famous trotting horses were bred. Many residents are commuters (Dutch: forensen) who work in Arnhem or Nijmegen.

history

The small town of Huissen was mentioned as a Hosenheim in 814 in a deed of donation from the Lorsch monastery . It became more important when a toll castle was built on the banks of the Rhine . The place received city ​​rights in 1319 at the latest . He belonged to the Duchy of Cleves and from 1701 to Prussia . In 1502 the dukes of Geldern tried to conquer the city, but Huissen held out despite a long siege . This victory is still remembered every year in a city festival. After the Congress of Vienna it was assigned to the Netherlands . Huissen was badly hit in World War II : in 1943 by a bombardment , in 1944 by the Battle of Arnhem . The whole city was rebuilt after the liberation in 1945. Only one house from 1647, where the city's museum is now located, has been partially preserved. Huissen has always remained true to its Catholic religion and its old traditions. There are still the traditional rifle guilds , and the carnival is also celebrated differently than in the originally Protestant neighboring villages.

Doornenburg was built around the castle of the same name. It originated in the early Middle Ages and was rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries. Many influential families, including the Counts of Bylandt, lived there temporarily. The now dilapidated castle was acquired in 1936 by a wealthy textile manufacturer, Van Heek from Enschede , who had it restored. Only a few years later (1945) it was bombed by the British Air Force , which suspected a base of the German Wehrmacht . As soon as the restoration was finished in 1968, Doornenburg was used as a filming location for a famous television series ("Floris"). These very elaborate youth films, with Rutger Hauer in the title role, achieved huge audience ratings at the time . In 2003 a movie was shot there on the same subject.

Little is known about the history of the other places in the municipality; Traces of Roman settlement have been excavated in Bemmel ; there is also the Kinkelenburg Castle, which was rebuilt after the devastation in World War II as it was in 1800; it served as the town hall of the former Bemmel community and is still the community office.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018

 %

30th

20th

10

0

20.6

14.1

13.1

10.8

10.4

10.3

9.1

6.7

4.9

VVD

SP

LBL

CDA

GL

B06 / L2000

l.NU

D66

PvdA

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+10.0

+0.3

-4.6

-2.3

+5.6

-2.1

-2.8

-3.7

-0.5

VVD

SP

LBL

CDA

GL

B06 / L2000

l.NU

D66

PvdA

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 2006:

Political party	Seats
	2006	2010	2014	2018
VVD	3	3	3	6th
SP	-	-	4th	4th
Lokaal Belang Lingewaard	5	4th	5	4th
CDA	6th	4th	4th	3
GroenLinks	1	2	1	3
Base 06	3	8th	4th	3
Lokaal 2000	1
lingewaard.NU	-	3	4th	3
D66	0	3	3	2
PvdA	6th	2	1	1
Huissen '90	2	-	-	-
Sociaal Verantwoorde Politiek	0	-	-	-
Partij Gendt	0	-	-	-
total	27	29	29	29

mayor

Josan Meijers ( Partij van de Arbeid ) has been acting mayor of the municipality since July 10, 2019 . To their college include the Assistant Secretary Helga Witjes (VVD), Johan Sluiter (Lokaal Belang Lingewaard), Aart Slob ( CDA ), Theo Janssen (lingewaard.NU) and the municipal secretary in January Wijnia.

Attractions

• Doornenburg Castle can be visited with a guided tour in the afternoon from April to October
• Bemmel and Ressen have medieval village churches
• The city museum in Huissen shows historical and archaeological finds and provides information about the old traditions of the city.

photos

• 

  Doornenburg, Castle: kasteel Doornenburg

• 

  Gendt, the Reformed Church

• 

  Haalderen, Church:: Onze Lieve Vrouwe van Zeven Smarten

• 

  Ressen, Reformed Church

Web links

Commons : Lingewaard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)
• History of Huissen ( Memento from March 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Rob Berends: Josan Meijers waring burgemeester in Lingewaard. In: de Gelderlander . De Persgroep Nederland , July 1, 2019, accessed July 10, 2019 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
3. ↑ Feiten en cijfers Gemeente Lingewaard, accessed on July 13, 2018 (Dutch)
4. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on July 13, 2018 (Dutch)
5. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on July 13, 2018 (Dutch)
6. ↑ Samenstelling van het college van B&W Gemeente Lingewaard, accessed on July 13, 2018 (Dutch)