Hernen 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
Wijchen
Wijchen () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands.
Population centres
Number of residents per population centre per 12 December 2009:
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, about 13 km west of
Nijmegen
Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...
.
History
The village was first mentioned around 1214 as Harnen, and may mean "stony place". Hernen developed on a ridge around Huis te Hernen.
Huis te Hernen was a castle which dates from the 14th century and consists of a round tower and four wings around a central square. It was originally a square
keep
A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residen ...
surrounded by a wall. The eastern wing with gate was the last addition in 1555.
Hernen was home to 450 people in 1840.
The Catholic St Judocus Church was built between 1891 and 1892.
Hernen was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with
Bergharen
Bergharen is a village in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Wijchen. It was a separate municipality until 1984. There is a windmill, De Verrekijker, Bergharen, De Verrekijker, which has been converted to a holiday cottage.
The village was fi ...
.
Gallery
Image:Kasteel Hernen oude prent.jpg, Castle of Hernen
Image:Hernen kerk.JPG, Church of Hernen
File:Hernen (Wijchen) Broekstraat 5 boerderij Gem.Mon..JPG, Farm in Hernen
File:Hernen (Wijchen) Dorpsstraat 34 T-boerderij Gem.Mon..JPG, Villa in Hernen
References
External links
Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Wijchen
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