Kessel () is a former

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 a

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in the southeastern province of

Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...

, the

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. It is a small historic municipality with about 4,246 residents. It merged with neighbouring municipalities in the new municipality of

Peel en Maas Peel en Maas (; li, Pieël en Maas) has been a new municipality in the southeastern Netherlands since 1 January 2010. It is situated in the province of Limburg. The municipality is formed by the towns of Panningen, Helden, Kessel, Kessel-Eik, Ma ...

(as of 1 January 2010). To the west are the ''Heldense Bossen'' (

Helden Helden (; li, Helje) is a former municipality and a village in the southeastern Netherlands, located in the province of Limburg. In January 2010 Helden joined with other municipalities to form the new municipality of Peel en Maas. History The ...

Forest) and to the east is the

Meuse The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a t ...

river. It has a small historic city center with a castle and a historic market place. To the south is the Kessel-Eik neighbourhood with the Eikelenpeel and Musschenberg.

History

The

d'Ewes baronets The d'Ewes Baronetcy, of Stowlangtoft Hall in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 15 July 1641 for the antiquary and politician Sir Simonds d'Ewes. He was the son of Paul d'Ewes (d.1624), whose mura ...

Stowlangtoft Stowlangtoft is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England two miles south-east from Ixworth. Located around five miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 270. Name The village, or ...

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are descended from Gerard D'Ewes, Lord of Kessel, at that time part of

Duchy of Gelderland The Duchy of Guelders ( nl, Gelre, french: Gueldre, german: Geldern) is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries. Geography The duchy was named after the town of Geldern (''Gelder'') in pr ...

.Sir Richard Gipps ''On the Ancient Families of Suffolk'', Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archæology and Natural History, 1874, p.15

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Gallery

File:Kessel - Kasteelruïne De Keverberg.jpg, Ruins of Keverberg Castle File:Ferry across the Maas at Kessel.jpg, Ferry across the Maas File:Oeverberg.jpg, Estate Oeverberg File:Kessel 1.JPG, Windmill St Anthoniusmolen

References

External links

* * Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2010 Cities in the Netherlands Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Peel en Maas {{LimburgNL-geo-stub