Breedeweg | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gelderland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Berg en Dal |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the province of Gelderland |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 37 |
Area Total Km2: | 5.45 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 2,570 |
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: | 6562 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 024 |
Coordinates: | 51.7578°N 5.9402°W |
Breedeweg is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Berg en Dal, about 1 km south of Groesbeek.[3]
It was first mentioned in 1899 as Breedeweg, and means "wide road".[4] The St. Antonius Church was built in 1934, and destroyed in 1944 during Operation Market Garden. In 1949, the church was rebuilt, and a monument has been erected for the dead allied soldiers and the two civilians who were killed by a grenade while cleaning up the debris.
Breedeweg and Groesbeek have been expanding, and are now close to one-another. In the late 2010s, the municipality changed the place name sign to "Groesbeek Breedeweg". Nevertheless, it is still a separate village and not annexed.[5]