Lienden is a village 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 ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Buren Buren () is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands. Buren has 27,168 inhabitants as of 1 January 2022. Geography Buren is located in Gelderland, a province of the Netherlands. It is pa ...

, and lies about 9 km south of

Veenendaal Veenendaal () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in central Netherlands, located in the province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. Veenendaal is the only population centre within its administrative borders. The municipal ...

. Lienden was a separate municipality until 1999, when it was merged with

History

It was first mentioned in 970 as Liendna. It may refer to the linden tree (''

Tilia ''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperateness, temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Great Bri ...

''), however the etymology is unclear. The village originated along the Oude Rijn, however the river became non-navigable around 1200. The Dutch Reformed Church was built around 1400, and the tower dates from 1450. In 1840, it was home to 829 people. Windmill '' De Zwaan'' dates from 1644 and is a

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...

. It was restored in 1939-1940 and 1990. The windmill is intermediate between the old towers and the later stone windmills.

Gallery

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'' of Lienden in 1626 File:Molen De Zwaan Lienden inrijkant.jpg, De Zwaan File:Lienden, kerk de Maagd Maria RM25836 IMG 2509 2019-09-15 14.20.jpg, Church: the Virgin Mary File:Lienden, moderne windmolens aan de Zilverlandseweg IMG 2450 2019-09-15 09.54.jpg, Windfarm at the Zilverlandseweg

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Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1999 Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Buren {{Gelderland-geo-stub

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