Uitwijk
Village in North Brabant, Netherlands
51°47′10″N 5°00′29″E / 51.78611°N 5.00806°E / 51.78611; 5.00806 (2021)[1]
4288[1]
Uitwijk is a village in the municipality of Altena, in the Netherlands.[3] It is located about 3 km south of Woudrichem, and just north of Waardhuizen. As of 2021, Uitwijk had 340 inhabitants.[1]
History
The village was first mentioned in 1108 as Hubertus de Utwic, and means "outward lying neighbourhood".[4] Uitwijk is an esdorp which developed on a sandy ridge during the Middle Ages.[5]
The tower of the Dutch Reformed church dates from around 1300. The nave was built around 1500, and the choir is from the early-16th century.[5]
Uitwijk home to 180 people in 1840, and was a part of the municipality of Almkerk (until the mid-19th century also called Almkerk en Uitwijk).[3]
Almkerk merged into the municipality of Woudrichem in 1973, and the later merged into the municipality of Altena in 2019.[3]
Uitwijk lies northwest of the Oude Alm stream. The hamlet of Eng [nl] belongs to Uitwijk.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 4288JB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d Uitwijk, Plaatsengids.nl
- ^ "Uitwijk - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ a b Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert (1997). Uitwijk (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9945 6. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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External links
- Almkerk en Uitwijk, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum
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