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Breedeweg
Breedeweg
Village
	St. Antonius church
	Breedeweg Location in the province of Gelderland Breedeweg Breedeweg (Netherlands)
	Coordinates: 51°45′28″N 5°56′25″E / 51.7578°N 5.9402°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	Berg en Dal
Area
• Total	5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Elevation	37 m (121 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	2,570
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6562
Dialing code	024

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.^[5]

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]

Gallery

Former clergy house
Farm in Breedeweg
War memorial Pegasus

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 6562AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
^ "Breedeweg - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Breedeweg". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 March 2022.