Linden is a village in the

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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

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 ...

, about 10 km south of

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1308 as "Kerklienden en Linen". It used to be called "Groot Linden" as to distinguish between Klein Linden. Klein Linden was became part of and the name reverted to back to Linden. The tower of the St Lambertus Church dates from the 15th century and the church was later added to the tower. Linden was home to 243 people in 1840. Linden was a separate municipality until 1942, when the territory of the municipality was divided between

Cuijk en Sint Agatha Cuijk en Sint Agatha is a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It covered the villages of Cuijk and Sint Agatha. On September 4, 1315, a document mentioned a ''kapel van Sint Agatha onder Kuycbrockele''. The Crosier Monastery ...

and

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, a Dutch place in the North Brabant municipality of Cuijk * De Be ...

. Both Beers and Linden became part of the municipality of Cuijk in 1994, which 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 ...

since 2022.

Gallery

File:In between Katwijk and Linden (Cuijk, N-Br, NL) former town hall ( ca. 1880 - 1942).JPG, Former town hall File:Linden (Cuijk, N-Br) - Heumen (Gld) bridge of A73 over Meuse river.JPG, Bridge over the Meuse 1865 Linden.png, Linden in 1865

References

External links

The Linden village website
Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Geography of Land van Cuijk {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub