Haalderen

Haalderen
Village
OLV van Zeven Smartenkerk (church of Haalderen)
Haalderen Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands Show map of Gelderland Haalderen Haalderen (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands
Coordinates: 51°53′12″N5°55′48″E / 51.88667°N 5.93000°E / 51.88667; 5.93000
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	Lingewaard [1]
Area
• Total	2.55 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,061 [2]
• Density	808/km2 (2,090/sq mi)
Demonym	Haaldernaar

Haalderen is a village in the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. The village is located in the Betuwe region, and belongs to the municipality of Lingewaard. ^{[1] [2]} Haalderen is situated along the rivers Waal and Linge. It has a population of 2,061 (1 January 2020). ^[2]

Physical geography

The territory of Haalderen is mainly located on river deposits. In the southwest of Haalderen there are river forelands of the Waal. Due to several levee breaches in the past, tree kolk lakes (named Kleine Kolk ^[3] Grote Kolk and Groene Kolk) are still clearly visible in the current landscape of Haalderen. There is also a kolk lake in the border area of Haalderen and Bemmel (named Ronduit). Typical herbs that grow along the kolks of Haalderen are Inula britannica and Limosella aquatica .

Education

The village has one primary school: IKC De Wieling. The school has about 250 pupils.

Notable people

● Herman Gerdsen (Haalderen,16 July 1953 — Arnhem, 23 March 2024), Dutch Professional football player of Vitesse and NEC Nijmegen.

● Joop Puntman (Haalderen, 20 March 1934 — Nijmegen,12 December 2013), Dutch ceramist and sculptor.

Local sights

Local places of interest in Haalderen include:

• OLV van Zeven Smartenkerk - The church of the village (a Catholic church)
• Hertenkamp Haalderen - A small deer park near the church, in the middle of the village
• Kleine Kolk, Grote Kolk and Groene Kolk - The three main kolk lakes of Haalderen (remnants of the levee failures)
• Haalders Bos - A small woodlot in the southwest of the village ^[4]

Photo gallery

• 
  Kleine Kolk (kolk lake)
• 
  Hertenkamp Haalderen
• 
  The war memorial
• 
  Haalders Bos ^[4]
• 
  The Linge river

References

1. "Gelderland, Netherlands". City Population. 1 January 2018.
2. "Feiten en cijfers". Municipality of Lingewaard (in Dutch). 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
3. "Kleine Kolk in Haalderen" (PDF). Landschapsbeheer Gelderland (in Dutch). 30 November 2006.
4. "Opening Haalders Bos". Hét Gemeentenieuws (in Dutch). 3 September 2019.