Waardhuizen is a village in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Altena Altena (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Altenoa'') is a town in the district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's castle is the origin for the later Dukes of Berg. Altena is situated on the Lenne river valley, i ...

, in the

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North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...

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.Waardhuizen
Plaatsengids.nl It is about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of

Woudrichem Woudrichem (; Brabantian: ''Woerkum'') is a city and former municipality in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. History Woudrichem originated in the ninth century. A marketplace emerged on a riverbank where Hoogstraat and Mol ...

, as well as just south of Uitwijk. As of 2020, Waardhuizen had a population of 275.Informatie Waardhuizen
AlleCijfers.nl

History

Waardhuizen was first mentioned in 1292 under the name "Werthuysen". It was a part of the municipality of Emmikhoven en Waardhuizen (also called Emmikhoven c.a. or just Emmikhoven), alongside the other namesake, Emmikhoven. Emmikhoven en Waardhuizen merged into the municipality of

Almkerk Almkerk is a village in the municipality of Altena, North Brabant, Altena, in the Netherlands. It is located about 7 km south of Gorinchem. History The village was first mentioned in 1292 as Almekercke, and means "church on the Alm river". ...

in 1879, the latter merged into the municipality of

in 1973, which in turn merged into the municipality of

in 2019.

Geography

Waardhuizen lies south of the Oude Alm stream, not far from the provincial border with

South Holland South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...

and

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

. The hamlet of Stenenheul belongs to Waardhuizen.

Notable people

Louwrens Penning Louwrens Penning (Waardhuizen, 2 December 1854 - Utrecht, 12 January 1927) was a popular Dutch novelist. He was best known for his patriotic novels romanticising the Boer struggles with the British and Zulus in South Africa, even though at the tim ...

(1854–1927), popular Dutch novelist *

Carola Schouten Cornelia Johanna "Carola" Schouten (; born 6 October 1977) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Union (CU). She was Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and Third Deputy Prime Minister in the third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 20 ...

(born 1977), Minister of Agriculture * Raymond Schouten (born 1985), motorcycle racer

References

External links

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Emmikhoven en Waardhuizen
Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum {{Authority control Populated places in North Brabant Geography of Altena, North Brabant