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Grave (; formerly ''De Graaf'') is a city and former municipality 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 ...
. The former municipality had a population of in . Grave is a member of the Dutch Association of Fortified Cities.
The former municipality included the following towns : Grave (capital),
Velp,
Escharen and
Gassel.
Grave,
Boxmeer
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
Cuijk (; dialect: ''Kuuk'') is a town in the northeastern part of the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, 13 km (8 mi) south of Nijmegen. Cuijk, which had a po ...
,
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 ...
, and
Sint Anthonis
Sint Anthonis () is a village and former municipality in the southern Netherlands in the Province of North Brabant. The locals refer to the town as ''Sint Tunnis''. An inhabitant is called a "Sintunnisenaar". The former municipality had a populati ...
merged into 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 ...
on 1 January 2022.
History
Grave received
city rights
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...
in 1233.
The former municipality of Grave was formed in the Napoleonic era (1810) and coincided with the fortified Grave and immediate surroundings. The history of the town was thus linked to that of the place.
This changed in 1942. Then there was a reclassification place where the municipality Grave was expanded with the previously independent municipalities
Velp and
Escharen. Moreover, in 1994 the neighboring municipality of
Beers Beers may refer to:
* plural of beer, an alcoholic beverage
* Beers (surname)
* Beers, Friesland, a Dutch place in the Friesland municipality of Littenseradiel
* Beers, North Brabant
Beers (Brabants: ''Bèèrs'') is a village in the former Dutc ...
was abolished and a part thereof, the parish
Gassel, was also added to the municipality Grave.
Popular attractions
Near to Grave lies a bridge, now called
John S. Thompsonbrug
The John S. Thompsonbrug is a bridge over the Maas River between Grave and Nederasselt in the Netherlands.
Construction
The bridge was built in 1929 as part of the main road between 's-Hertogenbosch and Nijmegen. It still carries that road, now ...
, built in 1929. It is the northern connection to
Gelderland
Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...
, spanning the river
Maas. The bridge was one of the key strategic points in
Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden was an Allies of World War II, Allied military operation during the World War II, Second World War fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 27 September 1944. Its objective was to create a Salient (military), salient into G ...
; the city was liberated at 17 September 1944, but suffered very little damage. The bridge was named in 2004 after Lieutenant
John S. Thompson who commanded the platoon of the
82nd Airborne Division
The 82nd Airborne Division is an Airborne forces, airborne infantry division (military), division of the United States Army specializing in Paratrooper, parachute assault operations into denied areasSof, Eric"82nd Airborne Division" ''Spec Ops ...
that captured the bridge.
The Hampoort is the old entrance to the city, and it is still largely intact and can be visited.
Notable people
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Nobility
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Mary of Guelders
Mary of Guelders (; c. 1434/1435 – 1 December 1463) was Queen of Scotland by marriage to King James II of Scotland. She ruled as regent of Scotland from 1460 to 1463.
Background
She was the daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders, and Cath ...
(ca.1434 in Grave – 1463), the
queen consort of Scotland
The consorts of the monarchs of Scotland bore titles derived from their marriage. The Kingdom of Scotland was first unified as a state by Kenneth I of Scotland in 843, and ceased to exist as an independent kingdom after the Act of Union 1707 wh ...
as the wife of King
James II of Scotland
James II (16 October 1430 – 3 August 1460) was King of Scots from 1437 until his death in 1460. The eldest surviving son of James I of Scotland, he succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of six, following the assassination of his father. ...
, served as regent of Scotland from 1460 to 1463
*
Adolf, Duke of Guelders
Adolf of Egmond (Grave, Netherlands, Grave, February 12, 1438 – Tournai, June 27, 1477) was a Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen from 1465–1471 and in 1477.
Life
Adolf was the son of Arnold, Duke of Guelders and Catherine of Cleves (1417- ...
(1438 in Grave – 1477) a
Duke of Guelders
This article is about the rulers of the historical county and duchy of Guelders.
Counts House of Wassenberg
* before 1096–about 1129: Gerard I
* about 1129–about 1131: Gerard II, son of Gerard I
* about 1131–1182: Henry I, son of Gerar ...
&
Count of Zutphen
The title of Count of Zutphen historically belonged to the ruler of the Dutch province of Gelderland (Zutphen being one of the major cities in the province during the medieval period). The lordship was a vassal title before it eventually become a ...
1465–1471
*
Charles II, Duke of Guelders
Charles II (9 November 1467 – 30 June 1538) was a member of the House of Egmond who ruled as Duke of Guelders and Count of Zutphen from 1492 until his death. He was the son of Adolf of Egmond and Catharine of Bourbon. He had a principal role ...
(1467 in Grave – 1538) a member of the
House of Egmond
The House of Egmond or Egmont (French language, French: ''Maison d'Egmond'', Dutch language, Dutch: ''Huis Egmond'') is named after the Netherlands, Dutch town of Egmond aan den Hoef, Egmond, province of North Holland, and played an important role ...
who ruled as
Duke of Guelders
This article is about the rulers of the historical county and duchy of Guelders.
Counts House of Wassenberg
* before 1096–about 1129: Gerard I
* about 1129–about 1131: Gerard II, son of Gerard I
* about 1131–1182: Henry I, son of Gerar ...
and
Count of Zutphen
The title of Count of Zutphen historically belonged to the ruler of the Dutch province of Gelderland (Zutphen being one of the major cities in the province during the medieval period). The lordship was a vassal title before it eventually become a ...
from 1492-1538
*
Anna van Egmont
Anna van Egmont (March 1533 – 24 March 1558), mainly known as Anna van Buren (or Anna van Bueren), was a Dutch heiress who became the first wife of William the Silent, Prince of Orange.
Biography
Anna was born in Grave, Netherlands in March ...
(1533 in Grave – 1558) a wealthy Dutch heiress, the first wife of
William the Silent
William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Re ...
,
Prince of Orange
Prince of Orange (or Princess of Orange if the holder is female) is a title originally associated with the sovereign Principality of Orange, in what is now southern France and subsequently held by sovereigns in the Netherlands.
The title ...
*
Louise van der Nooth Louise van der Nooth (1630s–1654) was a ''hovfröken'' (maid of honour) and favorite of Queen Christina of Sweden.
She was born in the Dutch Republic as the daughter of the colonel Lamoraal van der Noot (died November 1644 in Grave) and Lucretia ...
(1630s in Grave – 1654) a maid of honour and favorite of
Queen Christina of Sweden
Christina ( sv, Kristina, 18 December (New Style) 1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. She succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus upon his death ...
and
*
Johann Weyer
Johann Weyer or Johannes Wier ( la, Ioannes Wierus or '; 1515 – 24 February 1588) was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.
He was among the first to publish against t ...
(1515 in Grave – 1588) a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (; ; 14 September 1486 – 18 February 1535) was a German polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, theologian, and occult writer. Agrippa's ''Three Books of Occult Philosophy'' published in 1533 drew ...
*
Charles de Thierry
Charles Philippe Hippolyte de Thierry (April 1793 – 8 July 1864) was a nineteenth-century adventurer who attempted to establish his own sovereign state in New Zealand in the years before the Treaty of Waitangi between the British Crown and the M ...
(1793 in Grave – 1864) an adventurer in New Zealand
*
Jan Pieter van Suchtelen
Jan Pieter van Suchtelen, Count of Liikkala, ''Pyotr Kornilovich Suhtelen'' (2 August 1751, Grave – 6 January 1836, Stockholm), was born in the Netherlands, and was a general in the Russian army during the Russo-Swedish War (1808–1809). ...
(1751 in Grave – 1836) a general in the Russian army during the
Russo-Swedish War (1808–1809)
*
Johan Stein (1871 in Grave – 1951) a Dutch astronomer and a member of the
Society of Jesus
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, abbreviation = SJ
, nickname = Jesuits
, formation =
, founders ...
Images
Image:2006-05-17 13.37 Grave, brug over de Maas.JPG, Bridge: John S. Thompsonbrug
The John S. Thompsonbrug is a bridge over the Maas River between Grave and Nederasselt in the Netherlands.
Construction
The bridge was built in 1929 as part of the main road between 's-Hertogenbosch and Nijmegen. It still carries that road, now ...
Image:Grave, straatzicht Brugstraat 2-10 bij Oranjehotel foto1 2010-04-10 11.02.jpg, Houses in centre
Image:Grave vistrap inlaat scheepswerf.jpg, Fish ladder
A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass, fish steps, or fish cannon is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as movemen ...
and shipyard
Image:Grave canal lock.jpg, Canal lock
See also
*
Apostolic Vicariate of Grave–Nijmegen, former Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction
References
External links
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Official website
{{Authority control
Cities in the Netherlands
Populated places in North Brabant
Former municipalities of North Brabant
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2022
Geography of Land van Cuijk
Rivers with fish ladders