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Acquoy

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In 1305 Acquoy is mentioned as part of the property of the lords of Voorne. In 1364 Catherina van Voornenburgh rented her house together with the stronghold of Acquoy to Otto van Arkel for a period of 10 years and later he bought it. From that moment on, Acquoy, like
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According to popular legend a "Jan van Arkel" was the first to have settled the village of Acquoy, when he returned from the crusades in 1133. However, this is highly unlikely, because there were no crusades in the period around 1133. The first
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The name Acquoy is mentioned in scripts dating back to 1311, but there is some uncertainty where the name arises from. Some say that the name is from the Germanic *
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of Acquoy disappeared. However, this did happen without protest of the local population. In 1820 it became part of the province
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was from 1096–99 and the second one was from 1147-49. Some sources report that the Jan van Arkel mentioned was in fact
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in that time. Acquoy remained property of the House of Orange until 1795, when it became part of
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Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands
670: 644: 442:Acquoy is located at the old turn of the river the 300: 288: 267: 250: 242: 234: 229: 221: 213: 208: 196: 184: 172: 21: 391:, Anna van Egmond in 1551, Acquoy, together with 799:List of cities, towns and villages in Gelderland 427:, because it became part of the municipality of 340:, and lies about 12 km (7 mi) east of 617: 8: 624: 610: 602: 18: 539: 483: 287: 249: 228: 220: 207: 171: 136: 64: 46: 34: 547: 545: 543: 464:Acquoy is famous as the birthplace of 336:. It is a part of the municipality of 364:itself and Gellicum, belonged to the 319: 299: 266: 241: 233: 212: 195: 183: 7: 553:"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021" 217:7.72 km (2.98 sq mi) 16:Village in Gelderland, Netherlands 14: 522: 510: 498: 486: 111: 104: 78: 71: 51: 36: 587:(in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis 585:Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 818:Populated places in Gelderland 112: 79: 1: 557:Central Bureau of Statistics 419:. At this time the title of 379:Tower of the reformed church 372:, Count of Buren, in 1513. 839: 387:with the granddaughter of 796: 581:"Postcodetool for 4151BR" 395:, became property of the 225:3.2 m (10.5 ft) 137: 65: 47: 35: 28: 632:Populated places in the 383:Through the marriage of 128:Show map of Netherlands 380: 246:75/km (190/sq mi) 95:Show map of Gelderland 529:Acquoy from the south 407:of Acquoy was made a 378: 269: • Summer ( 317:Dutch pronunciation: 243: • Density 157:51.87889°N 5.13583°E 125:Acquoy (Netherlands) 517:View from the Linge 466:Cornelius Jansenius 153: /  381: 235: • Total 214: • Total 42:Panorama of Acquoy 805: 804: 401:County of Holland 389:Floris van Egmond 370:Floris van Egmond 366:Lordship of Arkel 310: 309: 162:51.87889; 5.13583 830: 626: 619: 612: 603: 597: 596: 594: 592: 577: 571: 570: 565: 563: 549: 526: 514: 502: 490: 453:, "magpie," and 415:, together with 399:and part of the 385:Willem of Orange 323: 321:[ˈɑkoːi] 318: 274: 168: 167: 165: 164: 163: 158: 154: 151: 150: 149: 146: 129: 115: 114: 108: 96: 82: 81: 75: 55: 40: 19: 838: 837: 833: 832: 831: 829: 828: 827: 808: 807: 806: 801: 792: 666: 640: 630: 600: 590: 588: 579: 578: 574: 561: 559: 551: 550: 541: 537: 530: 527: 518: 515: 506: 505:House in Acquoy 503: 494: 493:House in Acquoy 491: 482: 470:bishop of Ypres 397:House of Orange 354:Jan I van Arkel 316: 296: 268: 161: 159: 155: 152: 147: 144: 142: 140: 139: 133: 132: 131: 130: 127: 126: 123: 122: 121: 120: 116: 99: 98: 97: 94: 93: 90: 89: 88: 87: 83: 61: 60: 59: 58: 43: 31: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 836: 834: 826: 825: 820: 810: 809: 803: 802: 797: 794: 793: 791: 790: 785: 780: 775: 770: 765: 760: 755: 750: 745: 740: 735: 730: 725: 720: 715: 710: 705: 700: 695: 690: 685: 680: 674: 672: 668: 667: 665: 664: 659: 654: 648: 646: 642: 641: 631: 629: 628: 621: 614: 606: 599: 598: 572: 538: 536: 533: 532: 531: 528: 521: 519: 516: 509: 507: 504: 497: 495: 492: 485: 481: 478: 308: 307: 304: 298: 297: 294: 292: 286: 285: 275: 265: 264: 254: 248: 247: 244: 240: 239: 236: 232: 231: 227: 226: 223: 219: 218: 215: 211: 210: 206: 205: 200: 194: 193: 188: 182: 181: 176: 170: 169: 135: 134: 124: 118: 117: 110: 109: 103: 102: 101: 100: 91: 85: 84: 77: 76: 70: 69: 68: 67: 66: 63: 62: 56: 50: 49: 48: 45: 44: 41: 33: 32: 29: 26: 25: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 835: 824: 821: 819: 816: 815: 813: 800: 795: 789: 786: 784: 781: 779: 776: 774: 771: 769: 766: 764: 761: 759: 756: 754: 751: 749: 746: 744: 741: 739: 736: 734: 731: 729: 726: 724: 721: 719: 716: 714: 711: 709: 706: 704: 701: 699: 696: 694: 691: 689: 686: 684: 681: 679: 676: 675: 673: 669: 663: 660: 658: 655: 653: 650: 649: 647: 643: 639: 635: 627: 622: 620: 615: 613: 608: 607: 604: 586: 582: 576: 573: 569: 558: 554: 548: 546: 544: 540: 534: 525: 520: 513: 508: 501: 496: 489: 484: 479: 477: 475: 471: 467: 462: 460: 456: 452: 447: 445: 440: 438: 434: 430: 426: 422: 418: 414: 410: 406: 402: 398: 394: 390: 386: 377: 373: 371: 367: 363: 357: 355: 351: 345: 343: 339: 335: 331: 327: 322: 314: 305: 303: 293: 291: 283: 279: 276: 272: 262: 258: 255: 253: 245: 237: 224: 216: 204: 201: 199: 192: 189: 187: 180: 177: 175: 166: 138:Coordinates: 107: 74: 54: 39: 27: 20: 677: 652:Geldermalsen 634:municipality 589:. 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Panorama of Acquoy
Coat of arms of Acquoy
Acquoy is located in Gelderland
Acquoy is located in Netherlands
51°52′44″N 5°8′9″E / 51.87889°N 5.13583°E / 51.87889; 5.13583
Country
Netherlands
Province
Gelderland
Municipality
West Betuwe
Time zone
UTC+1
CET
DST
UTC+2
CEST
Postal code
Dialing code
[ˈɑkoːi]
village
Dutch
Gelderland
West Betuwe
Gorinchem
crusade
Jan I van Arkel
Arkel
Lordship of Arkel
Floris van Egmond

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