Wadenoijen is a village in the

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province of

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Tiel Tiel () is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the East. Tiel comprises the population centres Kapel- ...

, and lies about 4 km west of Tiel. Standing at the edge of the village, near the

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river, is the village church, a building with a Romanesque tower and nave and a

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choir. Wadenoijen was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1956, when the area was divided between the municipalities of

and

Zoelen Zoelen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Buren, and lies about 3 km north of Tiel. Castle Zoelen is located near the village. Zoelen was a separate municipality until 1978, when it was merg ...

History

It was first mentioned in 107 as Vadam by

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, and means "fordable place near a stream". The village developed on a sandy ridge along the Waal. The Dutch Reformed Church dates from the 11th century and has a tower which was enlarged around 1250. The pumping mill Poldermolen was built in 1888 as a replacement of a wind mill which burned down in 1887. In the 1970s, the location became problematic, because it could no longer pump water. In 2010, it was decided to move the windmill to

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. H ...

and since 2018, it is back in operation. In 1840, it was home to 577 people. Between 1882 until 1950, it had a railway station. In 2007, Tiel Passewaaij railway station opened near the village.

Gallery

File:KerkWadenoijen.JPG, Church of Wadenoijen File:Wadenooijenmolen.JPG, Poldermolen at Wadenoijen File:Wadenoijen Schuurberg met hooiberg Lingedijk 27.jpg, Hay stack File:Wadenoijen Boerderij Lingedijk 113-115.jpg, Farm in Wadenoijen

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Tiel