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Beek (other)
Beek is a town and municipality in Limburg, Netherlands. Beek (Dutch for "stream") may also refer to: Places * Beek, Berg en Dal, a town in Gelderland, Netherlands * Beek, Montferland, a town in Gelderland, Netherlands * De Beek, Apeldoorn, a hamlet in Apeldorn, Gelderland, Netherlands * De Beek, Ermelo, a population center in Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands * Beek, Venray, a hamlet in Limburg, Netherlands * Beek en Donk, a town in Laarbeek, North Brabant, Netherlands * Prinsenbeek or Beek, a town and former municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands * De Beek, Asten, a town in Asten, North Brabant, Netherlands Waterways * Beek (Hamme), a river of Lower Saxony, Germany * Beek, a strait separating the German island of Koos from the mainland People with the surname * Anna van Westerstee Beek (1657–1717), Dutch publisher of maps * David Beck (1621–1656), Dutch portrait painter * Joop Beek (1917–1983), Dutch-Indonesian priest and political consultant * Joseph Beek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beek
Beek (; li, Baek ) is a town and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of 2012, Beek has a population of about 16,400, of which about 8,800 live in the town of Beek. The municipality of Beek makes part of the region of South Limburg and lies between the city of Geleen in the north and Maastricht in the south, and lies furthermore southeast of interchange Kerensheide and the chemical industries of Chemelot. It has a slightly hilly landscape with altitudes differing between above sea level, and has two small forests: Kelmonderbos between Beek and Kelmond, and Spaubekerbos near Spaubeek. The Keutelbeek flows through and has its source in the municipality of Beek. Population centres Settlements in the municipality of Beek (population within brackets on 1 January 2005). Town: * Beek (8,770) History In 1982, Spaubeek merged with Beek and the municipality got his current size. In 2005, an archaeological site was found between Beek a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities, Towns And Villages In North Brabant
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the province of North Brabant, in the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl .... References GEOnet Names Server (GNS)* :nl:ANWB (Dutch) * ''VUGA's Alfabetische Plaatsnamengids van Nederland'', 1997. External links {{geoGroup *North Brabant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becque (other) , a town in the U.S.
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Becque or ''de Becque'' may refer to: * Becque (river), the name of several rivers * Henry Becque (1837–1899), French dramatist * Réginald Becque (born 1972), French footballer * Emile de Becque, a fictional character in ''South Pacific'' See also * * Bec (other) *Becq (other) * Beek (other) * DeBeque Formation, a geologic formation * De Beque, Colorado The Town of De Beque is a statutory town located in Mesa County, Colorado. The population was 493 at the time of the 2020 census. De Beque is a part of the Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town consists of a small grid, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beck (other)
Beck (born 1970) is an American singer and record producer. Beck may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Beck'' (film), a 1997 film * ''Beck'' (Swedish TV series) * ''Beck'' (UK TV series) * ''Beck'' (album), a 1975 album by Joe Beck * ''Beck'' (EP), a 2001 EP by Beck * ''Beck'' (manga), a Japanese manga series, or its anime adaptation ''Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad'' People * Beck (born 1970), born Bek David Campbell, American musician and record producer * Beck (surname), including a list of people with the name * Beck baronets, an extinct title in the Baronetage of Great Britain * Beck Bennett (born 1984), American actor, writer, and comedian * Beck A. Taylor (fl. 2000s), American university president * Beck Weathers (born 1946), American pathologist and survivor of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster * Beck Oliver, a character from Nickelodeon's ''Victorious'', portrayed by Canadian actor Avan Jogia Places * Beck, Alabama, U.S. * River Beck, in south London, England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Beek
Joseph Allan Beek (December 16, 1880 – October 21, 1968) was the longest-serving Secretary of the Senate in California history (1919–68). The Secretary of the California State Senate is a nonpartisan officer of the Senate who advises the presiding officer and Senators on parliamentary procedures and is the chief recordkeeper of the Senate. The Secretary is elected by majority vote of the Senators for each two-year session. Joe Beek was born in Maine and established residency in California in 1907. He attended school in Pasadena at Throop Polytechnic Institute (later renamed Caltech). Beek first served as a Senate attache in 1913. In 1917 he was elected Minute Clerk. He was first elected as Secretary in 1919 and served continuously, with the exception of 1921–22, until his death in office on October 20, 1968. Beek authored the book "The California Legislature" in 1942. Written in narrative form, the book was part history lesson, part memoir, and part guide to the legisla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joop Beek
Josephus Beek SJ (Joop or Jopie) (12 March 1917 in Amsterdam – 17 September 1983 in Jakarta) was a Dutch and later Indonesian Jesuit, priest, educator and politician. From approximately 1965 until approximately 1975 he was a very important political consultant to the Indonesian president Suharto, but always remained in the shade. Joop Beek grew up in Amsterdam in a family with Indonesian connections. In 1935, he entered the Jesuit order in Mariëndaal in Grave in the Netherlands . In 1938, as was usual in this religious order, he was transferred to work in a Jesuit college, in his case in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. During the Second World War he was interned by the Japanese until 1945, and come liberation he was held for seven more months by the Indonesians. In 1946, he returned to the Netherlands, to Maastricht, to study for priesthood, was ordained in 1948 and again sent to Yogyakarta, where he stayed until 1959. Here he also started setting up catholic student organisations, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Beck
David Beck (or Beek; May 25, 1621December 20, 1656), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter. Biography Beck was born in Delft, and was named after his uncle, a well-known poet from Arnhem.David Beck biography in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature He was the son of a schoolmaster in Delft, where he learned painting from Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, a prominent portrait painter in the Netherlands. Late in 1640 he moved to London to join Anthony van Dyck's studio as a pupil and assistant, but had little time to learn from Van Dyck himself as the latter fell ill and died in 1641. Beck possessed the freedom of hand and readiness, or rather rapidity of execution, for which Van Dyck was so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Van Westerstee Beek
Anna Beek née Anna van Westerstee (25 November 1657, The Hague - after October 1717, The Hague),Margreet van der HutWesterstee, Anna van (1657-na 1717)in ''Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland'' (in Dutch) was a Dutch publisher of maps. Career Most of the maps she produced are city and battle plans, which are mapping naval and ground troop movements. The War of the Spanish Succession began in 1701 and the majority of the maps she sold were of key moments, providing news of events in real time. She married the publisher and art dealer Barent Beek in 1678, but after a 15-year marriage and having seven children together, her spouse deserted her. She later divorced him and the local courts supported her running the family business. Since at least 1697 she often used her maiden name "Van Westerstee" again. Several reference books consider her the engraver of some of the works she published. Thirty maps produced by Beek are part of the Geography and Map Division's collection at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koos (island)
Koos is the largest of several small islands in the Bay of Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It has an area of 772 hectares and a maximum elevation of just above three meters.Map of Koos, elevation and settlements detailed The island is a largely uninhabited natural reserve with restricted access. It is separated from the mainland by ''Kooser Bucht'' and ''Kooser See'', two bays connected by a tiny strait, ''Beek''. In 1241, Barnuta, Principality of Rügen, prince of Rügen, granted Koos (then "''Chosten''") to Eldena abbey (then "''Hilda''"), later it became a possession of the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic town of Greifswald, located a few kilometers southward. A medieval burgh has been suggested on the isle, but not verified.Christian Lübke, ''Struktur und Wandel im Früh- und Hochmittelalter: eine Bestandsaufnahme aktueller Forschungen zur Germania Slavica'', Franz Steiner Verlag, 1998, p.305, A 17th-century Dutch people, Dutch settlement had disappeared in the 18th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beek (Hamme)
Beek is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It flows into the Hamme near Worpswede. See also *List of rivers of Lower Saxony All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into the North Sea. A–Z A B D E F G H I J K L M N O P * Purrmühlenbach R S T *Tiefenbeek *Trillkebach *Trutenbeek * Twiste U * Uffe *Ulrichswas ... References Rivers of Lower Saxony Rivers of Germany {{LowerSaxony-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beek, Berg En Dal
Beek is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Berg en Dal, about 5 km east of Nijmegen. It was sometimes referred to as "Beek (bij Nijmegen)" or "Beek-Ubbergen" because there are many villages called Beek. History It was first mentioned in 814-815 as Bechi, and means brook. The village dates from the early Middle Ages and was an agricultural community. In the 19th century, it developed into a villa ward. The tower of the Saint Bartholomew's Church has elements which are probably from the 11th century. The current layout dates from 1650. Between 1948 and 1950, it was extensively repaired due to war damage. In 1840, it was home to 715 people. Beek was a separate municipality until 1 January 1818, when municipality Beek fused with "Ooij en Persingen" forming municipality Ubbergen. On 1 January 2015 "Ubbergen", "Groesbeek" and "Millingen aan de Rijn" fused and named municipality Berg en Dal as of 1 January 2016. Nature The Kab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
