Escharen is a village in the
Dutch
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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 located in the former municipality of
Grave
A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of burial, such as grave ...
. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of
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 regio ...
.
History
The village was first mentioned between 1200 and 1225 as Escre, and means "sandy ridge".
The St Lambert's Church was built between 1863 and 1865 as a replacement of an earlier church. It was extended in 1930. The town hall was built in 1876 in
neoclassic style. The
stepped gable
A stepped gable, crow-stepped gable, or corbie step is a stairstep type of design at the top of the triangular gable-end of a building. The top of the parapet wall projects above the roofline and the top of the brick or stone wall is stacked in a ...
was added around 1900.
Escharen was home to 244 people in 1840.
Escharen was a separate municipality until 1942, when its territory was divided between Grave and
Mill en Sint Hubert
Mill en Sint Hubert () is a former municipality in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands.
Mill en Sint Hubert, Boxmeer, Cuijk, Grave, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.
Population c ...
.
In 2022, it became part of
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 regio ...
.
Gallery
File:20100724-072 Escharen - Pomp.jpg, Village pump
File:Escharen, ancienne brasserie.JPG, Bar restaurant
File:Escharen, l'ancienne mairie.JPG, Former town hall
References
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Populated places in North Brabant
Former municipalities of North Brabant
Geography of Land van Cuijk
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