de Betuwe is an area in the Netherlands in the province of Gelderland. Tacitus knew it as Insula Batavorum ("Island of the Batavians," the Germanic tribe from which the modern name is derived) and indeed it could be considered a large river island, but nowadays it hardly ever is viewed as such (with the exception of the last months of World War II (October 1944 - June 1945) when it became known as "Men's Island" or "Manneneiland" due to the evacuation of all civilian population during Operation Market Garden, leaving only soldiers behind). When the Pannerdens Kanaal was dug between 1701 and 1709, the easternmost tip of the Betuwe (including the towns of Pannerden and Lobith) was cut off from the rest of the region.
The Betuwe is situated between the Waal and Rhine/Lek rivers, surrounding the beautiful Linge stream, and is famous for its fruit production. The largest and most important city in the area is Tiel.
We went for a trip passing the small villages with the nice fruit trees, some villages we passed during this trip in the Betuwe are:Geldermalsen, Buurmalsen, Buren, Maurik, Eck en Wiel, Ingen, Ommeren, Lienden and Kesteren.
The Betuwe region is divided into 11 municipalities: Overbetuwe, Neder-Betuwe, Lingewaard, Arnhem (southern part), Nijmegen (northern part), Tiel, Culemborg, Neerijnen, Geldermalsen, Lingewaal & Buren.
During this trip we stopped in Ingen for a box of cherries and prunes, we also got a nice trip through the garden and we were told about the fruits and vegatables in the garden, we even got some extra vegetables to use for our meals and even strawberry plants for our own garden.
Dispite the weather (rainy) it was a nice day.
Geen opmerkingen:
Een reactie posten