Holthees is a village in the former municipality of

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, ...

on the border of the

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provinces

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 w ...

and

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. 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 regi ...

History

The name Holthees was mentioned for the first time in 1359. It is a composition of the German words hulta (wood) and hees (forest of thicket). The Mariakapel (Mary Chapel) was built in the 15th century between Meppen castle and village. In 1648, the chapel was boarded up. The church was returned during the French occupation (early 19th century) and restored. In October 1944, it was destroyed by war. It was rebuilt after the war. It was decommissioned in 1997, and is now used for cultural activities. Meppen castle was built in the 15th century and extended in the mid-17th century. In the mid-18th century, it was converted into a farm. Holthees used to provide military support during the defence of the Land of Cuijk Holthees forms a twin village with , a village in the municipality of

Venray Venray or Venraij (; li, Venroj) is a municipality and a city in Limburg, the Netherlands. The municipality of Venray consists of 14 towns over an area of , with 43,494 inhabitants as of July 2016. About 30,000 of those inhabitants live in th ...

in the province of

Gallery

File:Reproductie van tekening op tentoonstelling Provincie Genootschap Den Bosch - Vierlingsbeek - 20242314 - RCE.jpg, Drawing of Makken Castle File:Makken.jpg, Farm with remnants of Makken Castle

References

Populated places in North Brabant Geography of Land van Cuijk {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub