Breedeweg is a village in the
Dutch
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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 ...
. It is located in the municipality of
Berg en Dal, about 1 km south of
Groesbeek
Groesbeek () is a town and former municipality in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. In January 2015 the former municipality merged with Millingen aan de Rijn and Ubbergen. The larger area was known as Groesbeek until January 2016, whe ...
.
[''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.]
It was first mentioned in 1899 as Breedeweg, and means "wide road".
The St. Antonius Church was built in 1934, and destroyed in 1944 during
Operation Market Garden. In 1949, the church was rebuilt, and a monument has been erected for the dead allied soldiers and the two civilians who were killed by a grenade while cleaning up the debris.
Breedeweg and Groesbeek have been expanding, and are now close to one-another. In the late 2010s, the municipality changed the place name sign to "Groesbeek Breedeweg". Nevertheless, it is still a separate village and not annexed.
Gallery
File:Groesbeek (NL) Bredeweg, pastorie St.Antoniusweg 2 (01).JPG, Former clergy house
File:Groesbeek (NL) Bredeweg, Kruksebaan 26.JPG, Farm in Breedeweg
File:Groesbeek (NL) Breedeweg oorlogsmonument Pegasus (02).JPG, War memorial Pegasus
References
Populated places in Gelderland
Geography of Berg en Dal (municipality)
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