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Avest
Sign in to saveAvest (; Achterhoeks: ; also Aves, Oves) is a hamlet in the municipality of Berkelland in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It is originally a hamlet that fell within the of Borculo, the Groenlo and the of Beltrum. In 1552, Rosier van Bronckhorst was named as of Eibergen, Neede, and Beltrum. From this voogdij, the municipality of Beltrum arose in the Batavian-French period, which was dissolved in 1819 and added to the municipality of Eibergen. Since January 1, 2005, Avest has been part of the municipality of Berkelland. The hamlet is located south of the Hupselse Beek. The Oude (G
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Avest (; Achterhoeks: ; also Aves, Oves) is a hamlet in the municipality of Berkelland in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It is originally a hamlet that fell within the of Borculo, the Groenlo and the of Beltrum. In 1552, Rosier van Bronckhorst was named as of Eibergen, Neede, and Beltrum. From this voogdij, the municipality of Beltrum arose in the Batavian-French period, which was dissolved in 1819 and added to the municipality of Eibergen. Since January 1, 2005, Avest has been part of the municipality of Berkelland. The hamlet is located south of the Hupselse Beek. The Oude (Grolse) Beek runs through it. Part of the new regional industrial estate De Laarberg is located on land that once belonged to the of Avest.
==Etymology== The name Oves appeared in 1298, the name Avest in 1415, and in 1428 the name Aves. Oves is a variant of the Middle Dutch ovese, with short forms ose and oose. In the Achterhoeks, a Low Saxon dialect, the hamlet is called Auste.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Avest” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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