Bahr is a hamlet in the
Dutch 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 ...
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[''VUGA's Alfabetische Plaatsnamengids van Nederland'' (13th edition), VUGA, 1997.] It is located in the municipality
Zevenaar
Zevenaar () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the Gelderland province, in the eastern Netherlands near the border with Germany.
In January 2018 the neighbouring municipality of Rijnwaarden was merged with Zevenaar ...
, about 3 km southeast of
Rheden
Rheden () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.
Population centres
Population of the seven villages on 1 January 2024
Topography
''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rheden, Ju ...
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[''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.]
The village was first mentioned in 1272 as de Bare. It may mean "barren land". It became part of Gelderland in 1735.
The hamlet has no place name signs. In 1840, it was home to 144 people. Nowadays it consists of about 20 houses.
According to the 19th-century historian A.J. van der Aa,
it had about 170 inhabitants in the middle of the 19th century. The large castle "Bahr" was located here, until it was demolished after a siege in 1495.
See also
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Van Baer (family)
References
Populated places in Gelderland
Zevenaar
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