Beek is a village in the
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
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Places
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* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
province of
Gelderland
Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...
. It is located in the municipality
Montferland
Montferland () is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam.
Population centres
Formerly part of Bergh municipality:
* Azewijn
*B ...
, about 5 km southeast of
Didam
Didam (locally, Diem) is a town in the Netherlands in the eastern part of Netherlands in the region of "De Achterhoek", province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Montferland about 18 km east of Arnhem, which is the capital ...
.
[''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.]
History
It was first mentioned in 1206 as Beke, and means
brook
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Computing
*Brook, a programming language for GPU programming based on C
*Brook+, an explicit data-parallel C compiler
*BrookGPU, a framework for GPGPU programming ...
. The St Martinus Church dates from 1868. The tower was built in 1884 and has 15th century elements. The guild house St. Jan was constructed in 1897.
In 1840, it was home to 573 people.
Notable people
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Clemens Westerhof
Clemens Westerhof (born 3 May 1940) is a Dutch football manager, who has worked in various football positions on the African continent since 1989.
He is most noted for his success with the Nigerian national team. Under Westerhof, the Super ...
(born 1940), football manager
Gallery
File:Beek Montferland 't Peeske PM19-01.jpg, Pub in Beek
File:Beek Montferland Gildehuis St. Jan PM19-01.jpg, Guild hose in Beek
File:Beek Montferland Sint Jansgildestraat PM19-02.jpg, Tree in front of church
File:Demonstratie in Kalkar tegen bouw snelle kweekreactor vele honderden bussen met, Bestanddeelnr 927-4805.jpg, Demonstration against the nuclear reactor in Kalkar causes traffic jam at border crossing
References
Populated places in Gelderland
Montferland
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