Lingewaard

Population centres

Lingewaard was formed in 2001 as a merger between the former municipalities of Bemmel, Gendt and Huissen. The municipality was initially named Bemmel after the largest former municipality, but later renamed 'Lingewaard' in a referendum. 'Lingewaard' itself is not a population centre but an artificial name, which is favoured by the majority of the voters. The municipality consists of these population centres.

The industrial park and hamlet of Looveer (included with Loo) comprises a small area located across the Pannerden Canal. Other notable hamlets in Lingewaard are Hulhuizen (included with Gendt), and Doornik (included with Bemmel). Before 1799, Doornik was a village. This village was destroyed because of a levee breach in 1799, whereby all houses were destroyed, including the church.

Landscape

The municipality lies entirely within the catchment area of the rivers Waal, Nederrijn, and Linge. It generally contains many fertile soils that lie on nutrient-rich river deposits. From an agricultural point of view, Lingewaard is well suited for horticulture. The area contains many greenhouses and orchards.

In the south of Lingewaard lies the rewilding area Gelderse Poort, which is managed by Staatsbosbeheer. This nature reserve contains several Dutch riverscape habitats, including: riparian forests, grasslands, small marshes and kolks. Large herbivores (horses and cattle) roam through parts of the area, and play a major role in the landscape character because of their grazing behaviour.

Notable residents

Notable people from the municipality of Lingewaard include:

• Willem Jacob van de Graaf (born 1736 in Huissen – 1804), the 35th Dutch Governor of Ceylon
• Syb Talma (born 1864 in Angeren – 1916), a Dutch politician
• Gys van Beek (born 1919 in Angeren – 2015), a Dutch-American inventor and member of the Dutch resistance
• Joop Puntman (born 1934 in Haalderen – 2013), a Dutch ceramist and sculptor
• Cor Melchers (born 1954 in Huissen – 2015), a Dutch painter
• Annelies Nuy (born 1960 in Doornenburg), a Dutch fashion designer
• Thomas van Aalten (born 1978 in Huissen), a Dutch writer and journalist
• Ruben Hein (born 1982 in Bemmel) – Dutch jazz musician

Sport

• Erwin van de Looi (born 1972 in Huissen), a Dutch football manager and former player
• Stijn Schaars (born 1984 in Gendt), a Dutch former footballer with over 300 club caps

Annual festivals

Notable annual festivals and events in Lingewaard include:

• International Four Days Marches Nijmegen – A multiple day marching event in mid-July, which comes through Bemmel and Huissen on the first day of event.
• Bemmelse Dweildag – An international festival for marching bands in Bemmel, on the second Sunday in June.
• Horse Days of Bemmel (Dutch: Bemmelse Paardendagen) – The annual pony market and horserace in Bemmel, around the second Sunday in August.
• Cherry Festival of Gendt (Dutch: Gendste Kersenfeest) – Annual festival of Gendt at the end of July.
• Under The Milky Way – Local rock festival of Lingewaard, located in the floodplains of Huissen, in the end of August or beginning of September.

Gallery

File:Town Hall of Lingewaard.jpg|Town Hall of Lingewaard File:Bemmel (Lingewaard) park Lingezegen bij de Linge.JPG|The Linge river at Park Lingezegen, Bemmel File:Haalderen, kerk foto1 2010-03-22 12.15.JPG|The church of Haalderen OLV van Zeven Smarten File:Doornenburg, kasteel Doornenburg RM8942 positie1 foto9 2013-06-02 17.09.jpg|View on Doornenburg Castle at Doornenburg File:Huissen, Mariakapel aan de Duisterestraat-Van Voorststraat IMG 9315 2021-06-09 19.27.jpg|Huissen, chapel at the Duisterestraat-Van Voorststraat File:Angeren (Lingewaard) Mariakapel op kerkhof.JPG|Maria Chapel near the graveyard of Angeren File:Gendt (Lingewaard) voorm. gemeentehuis.JPG|Gendt (Lingewaard) former Town Hall File:Gendt (Lingewaard) sculptuur gans.JPG|The Gent (statue) of Gendt at the Waaldijk File:Bergerden, de Linge bij het Verlaten Land Pad IMG 2552 2019-09-21 10.14.jpg|Bergerden, de Linge bij het Verlaten Land Pad File:Ressen, de Hervormde kerk RM8944 vanaf de Hoeksehofstraat IMG 7950 2020-11-07 16.15.jpg|Ressen, reformed church from the Hoeksehofstraat File:Ressen (Lingewaard) gemeentemonument Brandspuithuisje.JPG|The Brandspuithuisje (monument) in Ressen File:Huissen (Lingewaard) sculptuur De Zwaan op marktplein.JPG|The Swan (statue), town square, Huissen

Twin town

From 2009 to 2014, Lingewaard was twinned with:

References

References

1. {{Dutch municipality total area. dataref
2. [https://www.lingewaard.nl/feiten-en-cijfers "Feiten en cijfers"] {{Webarchive. link. (26 March 2019 [Population numbers of the municipality]. 1 January 2020.)
3. "Website Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen".
4. "Events in Lingewaard".
5. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120801084439/http://www.mi-li.eu/en// Mizil-Lingewaard Twinning Website]