Millingen

Millingen is a place inside the municipality of Berg en Dal in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The former municipality had 5,912 population and has a place of ​​10.35 km². Near the village is likewise the hamlet of Zeeland among Millingen and Leuth. The village facilities inside the river location are typically placed on antique financial institution partitions. There is a fixed foundation there and the somewhat better location gives a few safety in opposition to high water.

These places had been bolstered over time by way of making artificial nearby embankments: the mounds or pollen. In Millingen the Heerbaan occupies a special place, the principle improvement axis being a part of a route from Leiden to Cologne. This path dates back to Roman times and is older than the current route of the river. Millingen is located on a Roman river wall system, lots of which have been lost among 200 and 500. The vicinity changed into inhabited once more at the quit of Merovingian instances. This early location is also flooded, as witnessed by using the overflow channels at the bank. The medieval road pattern of the village is based totally on that. The village is located in the center of the Duffelt, coronary heart of the Gelderse Poort.