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, Cuijk, Grave, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.

Topography

Station Boxmeer in 2007, rijksmonument 10029

Population centres

The population in parts of the former municipality on 31 December 2020 was: * Beugen 1,860 * Boxmeer 12,550 * Holthees 540 * Maashees 875 * Oeffelt 2,370 *

Overloon Overloon is a village with 3,626 inhabitants on the outskirts of the Peel region, in the former municipality of Boxmeer, North Brabant. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk. Located on the outskirts is the Nati ...

, including Heikant 3,985 * Rijkevoort 1,665 * Sambeek 1,745 * Vierlingsbeek, including Groeningen 3,050 * Vortum-Mullem 705

Transport

* Boxmeer railway station

Notable people

* Dr

Anna Terruwe Dr. Anna A. A. Terruwe (August 19, 1911, Vierlingsbeek – April 28, 2004, Deurne) was a Catholic psychiatrist from the Netherlands. She discovered emotional deprivation disorder and how obsessive-compulsive disorder could be healed: the "bevestig ...

(1911 in Vierlingsbeek – 2004) a Catholic psychiatrist who discovered emotional deprivation disorder * Joannes Gijsen (1932 in Oeffelt – 2013) a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Roermond and Reykjavík *

Emile Roemer Emile Gerardus Maria Roemer (born 24 August 1962) is a Dutch politician serving as King's Commissioner of Limburg since December 2021. A member of the Socialist Party (SP), he was its leader and parliamentary leader in the House of Represent ...

(born 1962 in Boxmeer) a Dutch politician *

Hugo van der Velden Hugo Tjeerd van der Velden (born 19 October 1963, in Boxmeer) is a Dutch art historian. He currently is Rijksmuseum Chair of Art History of the Middle Ages, especially in the Low Countries (a position in collaboration with Universiteit van Amsterd ...

(born 1963 in Boxmeer) a Dutch art historian * Charles Deenen (born 1970 in Holthees) a Dutch computer/video game audio director, music composer, sound designer and mixer * Dionne Stax (born 1985 in Boxmeer) a Dutch journalist and newsreader

Sport

* Sjaak Lucassen (born 1961 in Maashees) a Dutch long-distance motorcycle rider *

Niels Fleuren Niels Fleuren (born 1 November 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Vierde Klasse club Vitesse '08. Career VVV-Venlo Born in Boxmeer, Fleuren played in the youth departments of Vitesse '08 and VVV-Venlo. Fleu ...

(born 1986 in Boxmeer) a Dutch professional footballer with 420 club caps * Sander de Wijn (born 1990 in Boxmeer) a Dutch field hockey player, silver medallist at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Kika van Es Kika van Es (; born 11 October 1991) is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Eredivisie (women), Eredivisie club PSV (women), PSV and the Netherlands women's national ...

(born 1991 in Boxmeer) a Dutch football defender

Gallery

File:Overzicht van de voorgevel - Boxmeer - 20384800 - RCE.jpg, Boxmeer, former townhall File:Boxmeer, de Sint-Petrusbasiliek IMG 8330 2021-02-22 11.17.jpg, Boxmeer, basilica: the Sint-Petrusbasiliek File:Diorama Invasion 1944 in Liberty Park, Overloon War Museum.jpg, Overloon War Museum File:Overloon - Dromedaris met tankkoepelbult van Marjolijn Mandersloot op de hoek van de Museumlaan en de Venraijseweg.jpg, Overloon, sculpture File:Vierlingsbeek, de Sint-Laurentiuskerk IMG 8299 2021-02-22 10.02.jpg, Vierlingsbeek, church: Sint Laurentiuskerk File:Oeffelt, molen de Vooruitgang RM481740 IMG 5600 2020-05-21 16.09.jpg, Oeffelt, windmill: molen de Vooruitgang

References

External links

* * Former municipalities of North Brabant Populated places in North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2022 Geography of Land van Cuijk {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub