Nederasselt is a

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in the

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Heumen Heumen () is a municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands. Population centres *Heumen * Malden (administrative centre) *Molenhoek (partly) * Nederasselt * Overasselt Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Heumen, ...

in the

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, the

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1301 as Nederassel, and means "lower open forest with ash (''

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'') trees". Neder (lower) has been added to distinguish between Overasselt. Nederasselt separated from Overasselt in the 12th century and developed on a ridge. The Dutch Reformed church is a small square church built in 1804. In 1930, a consistory and tower were added. The Catholic St Antony Abt is a

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basilica-like church constructed between 1890 and 1891. Nederasselt was home to 134 people in 1840. In 1929, the road from

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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 ...

(nowadays: N324) was constructed, and the village started to extend towards the road. The John S. Thompsonbrug was built as part of the road. It is mainly located in Nederasselt and was captured on 17 September 1944 by the

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under the command of

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during Operation Market Garden. Near the bridge is also a

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and

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Gallery

File:Molen nederasselt.jpg, Mill near Nederasselt File:Bridge grave1.jpg, Military vehicles on the John S. Thompsonbrug File:T.T vm Pastorie Nederasselt.JPG, Former clergy house File:Ondergelopen boerderij te Neder-Asselt (Land van Maas en Waal), RP-T-1991-24.jpg, Drawing of a flooded farm (1926)

References

{{Commons category, position=left Populated places in Gelderland Heumen