{{Infobox settlement | name = Zuilichem | settlement_type = Village | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = File:G-K Gereformeerde-Kerk Zuilichem.jpg | image_caption = Restored Reformed Church in Zuilichem | image_shield = Zuilichem wapen.svg <!-- |image_map = LocatieZaltbommel.png |map_caption1 = The village centre (red) and the statistical district (light green) of Zuilichem in the municipality of Zaltbommel. |image_map1 = Map NL - Zaltbommel - Zuilichem.png --> | pushpin_map = Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Gelderland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Zaltbommel | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5305BB |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 25 March 2022 |archive-date = 26 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226031342/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = 3 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 4.47 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 March 2022|quote=two entries}}</ref> | population_total = 1,685 | population_as_of = | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 5305<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0418 | website = | footnotes = | coordinates = {{Coord|51.8080|5.1358|type:city(764) |display=title, inline}} }}
'''Zuilichem''' is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 11 km east of Gorinchem. Zuilichem was a separate municipality until 1955, when it was merged with Brakel.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>
The seventeenth-century Dutch diplomat and polymath Constantijn Huygens purchased the manor and title of Zuilichem in 1630, which passed over to his first son Constantijn Huygens after his death.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stofffele|first=B.|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/15920743/christiaan-huygens-a-family-affair-proeven-van-vroeger|title=Christiaan Huygens: A family affair.|publisher=Utrecht University|year=2006}}</ref>
== History == It was first mentioned in 1143 as Solekeim, and means "settlement of the people of Sulo (person)".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/zuilichem |title=Zuilichem - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The village developed along the Waal as a stretched out ''esdorp''. The Dutch Reformed Church was rebuilt in 1866 after a fire. It suffered severe damage in 1945 and a new tower was built in 1950.<ref name="monument">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu05_01/sten009monu05_01_0238.php |title=Zuilichem |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9406 3 |language=nl |access-date=25 March 2022}}</ref> In 1840, Zuilichem was home to 686 people.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web |url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/zuilichem |title=Zuilichem |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=nl |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325181350/https://www.plaatsengids.nl/zuilichem |url-status=dead }}</ref> The village suffered severe damage during the flood of 1861.<ref name="monument"/> In 2004, 244 of the 872 of the members of the Reformed Church did not want to join the united Protestant Church, and became members of the Restored Reformed Church. In 2010, they opened their own church building.<ref name="plaats"/>
== Windmills == There are two windmills near Zuilichem. The polder mill is a pumping mill from 1720. It was one of 17 windmills and the only one who has remained. In 1855, a steam powered pumping station was built, however the wind mill remained in operation as a backup and served until 1950, because it was no longer needed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=308 |title=poldermolen |website=Molen database |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The grist mill De Hoop was built in 1863, and is usually in operation on Saturdays.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=309 |title=De Hoop |website=Molen database |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Zuilichem, molen de Hoop RM10085 foto3 2016-06-19 14.19.jpg|Zuilichem, windmill: molen de Hoop File:5305 Zuilichem, Netherlands - panoramio.jpg|Fruit and pumpkins File:Tussen Zuilichem en Nieuwaal, de uiterwaarden van de Waal foto5 2016-06-19 14.49.jpg|De Waal River File:Hoek Molenstraat - Zuilichem - 20226081 - RCE.jpg|House in Zuilichem </gallery>
==References== <references/> Tim Crawford, '"Allemande Mr. Zuilekom". Constantijn Huygens's Sole Surviving Instrumental Composition', 'Tijdscrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Musiekgeschiedenis', D. 37ste (1987), pp. 175–181.
{{Dutch municipality Zaltbommel}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places in Gelderland Category:Former municipalities of Gelderland Category:Zaltbommel