| Boven-Leeuwen | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - West Maas en Waal - Boven-Leeuwen.png |
| Map Caption1: | The town centre (red) and the statistical district (light green) of Boven-Leeuwen in the municipality of West Maas en Waal.--> |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gelderland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | West Maas en Waal |
| Coordinates: | 51.8856°N 5.5495°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 7 |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.51 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2,245 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 6657 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0487 |
Boven-Leeuwen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 9 km east of Tiel. It is the protestant part of the former village of Leeuwen.
It was first called Boven-Leeuwen in 1986 to distinguish from Beneden-Leeuwen.[3] Leeuwen was first attested in the 12th century as Lewen, and means "settlement near burial hill".[4] The village developed along the Waal. In 1898, a Catholic church was built in Beneden-Leeuwen, and the village split in a Catholic (beneden) and a Protestant (boven) village.
The Dutch Reformed church was built between 1753 and 1756. It was severely damaged in 1944/1945, and restored between 1964 and 1966. In 1918, a Catholic church was constructed in Boven-Leeuwen. Huis te Leeuwen is a manor house which was built in 1654 as an extension of a medieval house. In 1819, the estate was demolished except for the gate house and the moat.[5] In 1840, the entire village of Leeuwen was home to 2,128 people.[6]