Brand (, ) is a hamlet in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Beekdaelen in the province of
Limburg, the
Netherlands
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It is one of the so-called ''Bovengehuchten'', or Upper Hamlets, of Beekdaelen. Brand is located south of the stream
Platsbeek.
The hamlet consists of five houses along the ''Branterweg''. This road connects the hamlets
Tervoorst and
Helle.
Some houses, including a farm named , are constructed with
timber framing
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Brand is often mistakenly regarded as part of the nearby hamlet
Terstraten. Brand got its own
town sign
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in 2003.
References
* Hoven, Frank van den (2003) Op ontdekkingsreis door Zuid-Limburg : Reisgids en naslagwerk voor toeristen en streekbewoners (Filatop Streekreeks nr.3). , p. 420
Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)
Beekdaelen
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