Heythuysen (; li, Heitse) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the south-eastern

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History

It was first mentioned in 1383 as Heythusen, and means "houses on the heath". It was located on the road from

Venlo Venlo () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg (Netherland ...

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, and between the Bevelandse beek and the Tungelroyse beek. In 1243, it became a border town for the

County of Horne Horne (also ''Horn'', ''Hoorn'' or ''Hoorne'') is a small historic county of the Holy Roman Empire in the present day Netherlands and Belgium. It takes its name from the village Horn, west of Roermond. The residence of the counts of Horne was mo ...

. In 1680, Heythuysen became an independent ''

heerlijkheid A ''heerlijkheid'' (a Dutch word; pl. ''heerlijkheden''; also called ''heerschap''; Latin: ''Dominium'') was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries before 1800. ...

''. The Catholic St Nicolaas Church is a three-aisled church which was built shortly after 1504. In 1847, the current

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

tower was built. In 1927, the church was enlarged. Heythuysen was home to 275 people in 1840. Until it became a part of

Leudal Leudal (Limburgish: ''Leudaal'') is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg. It was formed on January 1, 2007 in a merger of the municipalities of Heythuysen, Haelen, Hunsel, and Roggel en Neer. Population centres The municipality cont ...

on 1 January 2007, Heythuysen was a separate municipality, including the villages of

Baexem Baexem ( li, Boaksum/Boakse) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Leudal, and lies about 9 kilometres northwest of Roermond. History The village was first mentioned in 1244 as Baxen, and means "sett ...

Grathem Grathem (; li, Gratem) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Leudal, about 10 km west of Roermond. History It was first mentioned in 1116 as Grathem. The etymology is unclear. Grathem develope ...

and Kelpen-Oler. Heythuysen is home of the Grand Café Tom Tom.

Gallery

File:Heythuysen, de Sint Antoniusmolen RM22123 foto3 2013-04-14 14.02.jpg, Windmill: de Sint Antoniusmolen File:Heythuysen - Dorpstraat 16-18 Woonhuis (1930).jpg, Building in Heythuysen File:Heythuysen-Sint-Nicolaaskerk (4).jpg, St Nicolaas Church File:Heythuysen - Notaris Ruttenlaan 17 Basisschool De Beukenhof.jpg, School in Heythuysen

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2007 Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Leudal {{LimburgNL-geo-stub