# Lathum

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**Lathum** is a [village](/source/Village) in the [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_the_Netherlands) of [Zevenaar](/source/Zevenaar) in the [province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands) of [Gelderland](/source/Gelderland), the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands).

The village was first mentioned between 1294 and 1295 as Latheym, and means "settlement of Laeta (lit: serf)".[2] Lathum developed near the Castle Bahr en Lathum. The castle was first mentioned in 1243, and destroyed in 1495. In the early 17th century, a manor house was built in its place. The Dutch Reformed Church probably started as a chapel. It was built in the late-15th century and has 14th century elements.[3] In 1840, it was home to 242 people.[4] In the 1990s, Riverparc was constructed on the location of the former brickworks.[4]

## References

1. ["Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021"](https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls). *Central Bureau of Statistics*. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

1. ["Lathum - (geografische naam)"](https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/lathum). *Etymologiebank*. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

1. Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). ["Lathum"](https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu05_01/sten009monu05_01_0135.php) (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9406 3. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

1. ["Lathum"](https://www.plaatsengids.nl/lathum) (in Dutch). *Plaatsengids*. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

## See also

- [Van Baer (family)](/source/Van_Baer_(family))

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