municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
and eponymous village in the 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 ...
in the
Netherlands
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, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
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. Including the villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Neerkant, and Helenaveen, Deurne had a population of in and covers an area of .
History
First recorded as ''Durninum'' (near / by thorns) in a deed of gift from the Frankish Lord Herelaef to bishop
Willibrord
Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg.
Early life
His fathe ...
in 721, Deurne remained a collection of subsistence farming hamlets west of the Peel
peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...
moor
Moor or Moors may refer to:
Nature and ecology
* Moorland, a habitat characterized by low-growing vegetation and acidic soils.
Ethnic and religious groups
* Moors, Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, and Malta during ...
until the 2nd half of the 19th century, when a newly built
railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
(Eindhoven - Venlo in 1866) and a
canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow un ...
(
Zuid-Willemsvaart canal
The Zuid-Willemsvaart (; translated: ''South William's Canal'') is a canal in the south of the Netherlands and the east of Belgium.
Route
The Zuid-Willemsvaart is a canal in the provinces Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg (Belgium) and North Br ...
in 1826) enabled the commercial exploitation of the moor. Although the peat industry did not yield much of a
profit
Profit may refer to:
Business and law
* Profit (accounting), the difference between the purchase price and the costs of bringing to market
* Profit (economics), normal profit and economic profit
* Profit (real property), a nonpossessory intere ...
in the era of
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when dea ...
powered industries, the cultivation of the newly cleared land, in the 1930s also by
forced labour
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...
, gave a boost to
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
,
farming
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
, and settlement alike. Today only tiny pieces of this former peat moor remain, some reflooded as mini
wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...
s, scattered along the
fault line
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic ...
Moorends
Moorends is a village in the north-east of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, situated on the border with East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It is ...
)
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham.
In N ...
, U.K., where several of its Dutch employees settled as immigrant workers.
Transportation
*
Deurne railway station
Deurne is a railway station in Deurne, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 November 1864 and is on the Venlo–Eindhoven railway
The Venlo–Eindhoven railway is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Venlo to Eindhoven, ...
Culture
In 2009 the new "Cultural Centre" (''cultureel centrum'') opened its doors. It is the Martien van Doorne Cultuur Centrum and serves as a theatre, concert hall, and movie theatre.
The local dialect is Peellands (an
East Brabantian
East Brabantian ( nl, Oost Noord-Brabants or Oost Brabants) is one of the main divisions of the Brabantian dialect group recognized by the ''Woordenboek van de Brabantse dialecten''. East Brabantian dialects are mainly spoken in the eastern part of ...
dialect, which is very similar to colloquial
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
).Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants,
Lucas Gassel
Lucas Gassel or Lucas van Gassel (Deurne, Netherlands, c. 1485 – Brussels, 1568 or 1569)Lucas Gassel at the (c.1488 in Deurne – 1568 or 1569) a Renaissance painter known for his landscapes
* Aaltje Noordewier–Reddingius (1868 in Deurne – 1949) a Dutch classical soprano and voice teacher
*
Jules de Corte
Julius "Jules" de Corte (29 March 1924 – 16 February 1996) was probably one of the most famous blind singer-songwriters from the Netherlands.
Early life
Julius de Corte was born on 29 March 1924 in Deurne to Peer de Corte and Anna van Eij ...
(1924 in Deurne – 1996) blind singer-songwriter from the Netherlands
*
Laurens van den Acker
Laurens van den Acker (born 5 September 1965, Deurne, North Brabant) is a Dutch automobile designer.
Biography
Van den Acker studied at the Delft University of Technology, where he obtained a Master of Engineering at the Faculty of Industri ...
(born 1965 in Deurne) an automobile designer
*
Erik van Lieshout
Erik Gerardus Franciscus van Lieshout is a Dutch contemporary artist most widely known for his installations. In 2018, he won the Heineken Prize for Art.
Biography
Erik van Lieshout was resident from 1990 to 1992 at de Ateliers ’63 in Haarle ...
(born 1968 in Deurne) a Dutch contemporary artist
Gallery
File:Dr. Anna Terruweplein Deurne P1050447.jpg, Dr. Anna Terruweplein, Deurne
File:Deurne, de Sint Willibrorduskerk RM12372 foto6 2014-05-18 11.42.jpg, Deurne, church: de Sint Willibrorduskerk
File:140704 HANENBERGWEG ZEILBERG DEURNE 't Benkske.JPG, wooden meeting place, known as LITTLE BENCH
File:Geldersestraat 10-12 voorm tabakschuur..JPG, Geldersestraat 10-12