Aijen

Aijen

Aijen

Hamlet in Limburg, Netherlands

Aijen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːi.ə(n)]; Limburgish: Äöje [ˈœːjə]) is a hamlet in the municipality of Bergen in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands.

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The village was first mentioned in 1336 as Oyen, and means "land on a stream".[3] Aijen was home to 257 people in 1840.[4]

Between 1533 until 1965, there was a pedestrian ferry across the Maas to Maashees [nl]. Aijen does not have a church, but has a chapel from the 16th or 17th century, and it was the religious building in the municipality of Bergen which survived undamaged.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Postcodetool for 5854AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Aijen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Aijen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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