Herwen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland.

[3] The village was first mentioned in the 1st century as Carvio ad Molem.

It was discovered on the tomb of Marcus Mallius, a Roman soldier buried in Herwen.

[4] Herwen developed along the Oude Rijn near Castle Ter Cluse.

The Catholic St.-Martinus Church was built between 1904 and 1905 as a replacement of an 1818 predecessor.