Castelré () is a village in the
Dutch province of
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, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...
. It is a part of the municipality of
Baarle-Nassau
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, and lies some 20 km south of
Breda
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.
In 2000 a millennium chapel was built at the "Kempische-driehoek" 't Groesje.
Castelré belongs to the parish of
Klemskerke
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,
Minderhout
Minderhout is a village in the Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten in the province of Antwerp close to the border with the Netherlands. As of 2021, it has about 4,420 inhabitants.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1238 as Minrehout, an ...
.
As Minderhout is a Belgian village in the community of
Hoogstraten
Hoogstraten () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises Hoogstraten, Meer, Meerle, Meersel-Dreef, Minderhout and Wortel (Meersel-Dreef includes the northernmost point in Belgium).
Hoogstraten (o ...
only a few hundred metres to the west, people are more oriented to Minderhout than to their official municipality of Baarle-Nassau, over 10 km to the east.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1231 as "de molendino de Casterle". The etymology is unclear.
Castelré was home to 305 people in 1840.
In 1970, a monument was revealed for the first air balloon to land in the Netherlands. It was launched in 1870 in Paris, and supposed to land in France.
In 1978, the village was entered in the postal database as Castelre without an accent. As of 2022, it has not been corrected.
Gallery
File:Monument Luchtballonlanding Archimedes Constant Grooten Castelré.jpg, Monument to the air balloon landing
File:Netherlands, Baarle-Nassau, Castelré (1).JPG, Farm in Castelré
File:Netherlands, Baarle-Nassau, Castelré (3).JPG, Street view
References
Populated places in North Brabant
Baarle-Nassau
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