| Herwijnen | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - Lingewaal - Herwijnen.png |
| Map Caption1: | The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Herwijnen in the former municipality of Lingewaal.--> |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gelderland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | West Betuwe |
| Coordinates: | 51.8253°N 5.1303°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 1 |
| Area Total Km2: | 24.04 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2,790 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 4171 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0418 |
Herwijnen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 11 km east of Gorinchem.
Herwijnen was a separate municipality until 1986, when it was merged with Vuren, Asperen, Heukelum and Spijk as municipality of Lingewaal. Since 2019 Lingewaal merged with Geldermalsen and Neerijnen in the new municipality of West Betuwe.
It was first mentioned in 850 as Heriuuinna, and means "meadow of the lord".[3] Herwijnen developed into a stretched dike village. The Dutch Reformed Church dates from 1823.[4] In 1840, it was home to 1,784 people.[5]
The former Fort de Nieuwe Steeg was built in 1878 as part of the, a line of defence to protect Holland. The fort contains two bomb resistant barracks. To the west of Fort Vuren was constructed from a 1844 redoubt.[4]