Boekel () is a municipality and a town in the southern

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Etymology

Previously it was assumed the name Boekel referred to the forest ("loo" in Dutch) of the lords Boc, similar to places like

Boxmeer Boxmeer () is a town and former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Boxmeer as a municipality incorporated the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek. In Overloon is the Overloon War Museum. Boxmeer, ...

and

Boxtel Boxtel () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The name derives from Buchestelle and is presumably a combination of 'stelle' (Dutch for stable, safe place) and (deer) buck.2019. Etymologiebank.Nl. Accessed April 27 2019 This i ...

. The lords Boc were the first lords of

, but have no connection to the other two places. Currently, it is presumed that the name derives from ''Beukeloo'', which is a type of

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forest.

Population centres

*Boekel *

Huize Padua Huize Padua is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant, in the municipality of Boekel Boekel () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. Etymology Previously it was assumed the name Boekel referred to the forest ...

Venhorst Venhorst is a village in the municipality of Boekel, Netherlands. History The village was founded as Sint-Jozefpeel after the large-scale Peel reclamation began, that is after 1920. In 1934 the parish church was consecrated: even now the existin ...

History

Land van Herpen

Boekel was founded at some point in the

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as a settlement with a number of farms. In the 13th century Boekel was part of de heerlijkheid Uden. In 1233 a separation took place between the

Land van Cuijk Land van Cuijk is a municipality in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands, formed from the merger of Boxmeer, Cuijk, Sint Anthonis, Mill en Sint Hubert and Grave. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2022. It belongs to the regi ...

and the and Uden. At that time Uden, together with Herpen, formed a unit of government called a heerlijkheid. Until the foundation of the city of

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Herpen Herpen is a village in North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north ...

was the main city of this region. Rutger van Herpen sold or leased in 1313 or 1314 the community rights (''gemene gronden'') to the residents of Boekel and

Volkel Volkel (Brabantian: ''Vollekul'') is a village in the Netherlands. It is situated in the north-east corner of the province of North Brabant, south-east of the town of Uden. On 1 January 2021, Volkel had 3,435 inhabitants. It used to be part of th ...

. When the noble lord wanted to improve his cash position, he charged the use of any of its soil, beginning with the wasteland in his heerlijkheid. This ''common land'' was mainly marshy land and barren higher grounds, such as heaths.

Land of Ravenstein

In 1324 the heerlijkheid of Uden administratively belonged to the Land of Ravenstein, under the rule of the House of Valkenburg until 1396. From the aldermen

and Uden the ''Heikantsgericht'' was created in 1339. These stretched across the entire former heerlijkheid of Uden, consisting of Uden, Boekel and

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. Of these aldermen, which in total had seven members, two were from Boekel. Reinoud of Valkenburg (married to Elisabeth van Kleef) died childless so the Duke of Brabant Adolf van Kleef gained Herpen, Ravenstein and Uden, so in 1397 Kleef's territory was enlarged. Afterwards the area came under the rule of Neuburg-Palts in 1629. Under the Neubergers' rule, the area had religious freedom. Because the neighboring provinces of Brabant and Gelderland from 1648 officially fell under the States-General, this more and more was seen as "foreign". The religious freedom provided opportunities for Catholics in the States of Brabant. The Catholics of Erp built their own barn church on the border with Boekel. Due to the religious freedom several Catholic religious orders also settled in the Land of Ravenstein. In 1741 members of the Brothers Penitent, from the ''Handelse Kluis'' themselves wanted to settle in Boekel. Led by the brothers laid the foundation for the Psychiatric Hospital

. From the 17th century various conflicts arose between the villages of Boekel, Uden and

Gemert Gemert is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel. Gemert was a separate municipality until 1997, when it merged with Bakel. The spoken language is Peellands (an East Brabantian dialect, ...

around the demarcation lines between the Ravenstein, Cuijk and Gemert areas. In 1663 the boundary dispute with the ''Vrije Heerlijkheid Gemert'' was settled. In 1729, a similar problem with Uden was settled.

Notable people

* Hans Gruyters (1925 in Boekel – 1980) a Dutch criminal, bankrobber, burglar and escaped convict *

Leontien van Moorsel Leontien Martha Henrica Petronella Zijlaard-van Moorsel (born 22 March 1970) is a Dutch retired racing cyclist. She was a dominant cyclist in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning four gold medals at the Olympic Games and holding the hour record ...

(born 1970 in Boekel) a Dutch retired racing cyclist, four time gold medallist at the

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2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Mirella van Melis Mirella van Melis (born 8 January 1979) is a retired female track and road racing cyclist from the Netherlands. She was born in Venhorst, North Brabant, and started her career as a cyclo-cross rider. Career ;1996 :2nd in Gieten, Cyclo-cros ...

(born 1979 in Venhorst) a retired female track and road racing cyclist *

Hannes van Asseldonk Hannes van Asseldonk (born 10 January 1992) is a Dutch racing driver, currently driving in the British Formula 3 Championship for Fortec Motorsports. Career Karting and junior formulae Born in Boekel, Netherlands as the only son of five childr ...

(born 1992 in Boekel) is a Dutch racing driver

Gallery

File:Boekel kapel achter kerk.JPG, Boekel kapel achter kerk File:T.T Boerderij Berkhoek 14 Boekel 526428 (1).JPG, T.T Boerderij Berkhoek, Boekel File:Venhorst, monument op kerkplein zijden 1 en 2.JPG, Venhorst, monument op kerkplein zijden File:Venhorst (Boekel) Sint-Josefkerk.jpg, Sint-Josef kerk, Venhorst, Boekel File:Boekel Standerdmolen 02.JPG, Boekel Standerdmolen

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of North Brabant Populated places in North Brabant