| Snelrewaard | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - Oudewater - Snelrewaard.png |
| Map Caption1: | The statistical district of Snelrewaard in the municipality of Oudewater.--> |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Utrecht#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Utrecht |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Oudewater Montfoort |
| Coordinates: | 52.0331°N 4.9169°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | -0.1 |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.72 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 780 |
| 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: | 3425 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0348 |
Snelrewaard is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Oudewater, and lies about 2 km east of the city of Oudewater. A small part of the hamlet is in Montfoort.
Snelrewaard was a separate municipality from 1817 to 1989, when it was merged with Oudewater.
It was first mentioned around 1307 as Snoyelrewaert, and means "land near water belonging to Snel (polder)".[3] Snelrewaard has place name signs. In 1840, it was home to 140 people.[4]