Reek is a village 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 ...

. It is located in the former municipality of Landerd, about 3 km east of

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History

Reek developed as a stretched out village in the Middle Ages. It used to be part of the which became a Catholic enclave of

Palatinate-Neuburg Palatinate-Neuburg (german: Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1505 by a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Its capital was Neuburg an der Donau. Its area was about 2,750 km², with a population of ...

within the

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in 1631. The land van Ravenstein was conquered by France in 1794, and sold to the

Batavian Republic The Batavian Republic ( nl, Bataafse Republiek; french: République Batave) was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on 19 January 1795 and ended on 5 June 1806, with the accession of Louis Bona ...

(the predecessor of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) in 1800. The former nunnery St Elisabeth was founded in 1857 by the Sister Penitenten from Haaren. The St Anthonius Abt Church was built in 1925 and 1926 and has the tower in the corner. It replaced an 1823 church. The

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Hellemolen was built in 1832. In 1948, it was put up for sale and the interior and part of the exterior were sold. In 2013, it was bad shape, but bought and restored the next year. By 2016, it could be used again. Reek was home to 798 people in 1840. Reek was a separate municipality until 1942, when it became part of

. In 2022, it became part of the new municipality of

Maashorst Maashorst is a municipality in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands, formed from the merger of Landerd and Uden. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2022. The name Maashorst refers to the nature reserve of the same name, w ...

. The is a nature area. It used to belong to the

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, and consists mainly of sand and forest with some heath.

Gallery

File:Bomenrij weerspiegelt in het water - panoramio.jpg, Landscape near Reek File:Reek Rijksmonument 519146 Boerenbond Noordhoek 13.JPG, Building of the File:Landerd, Reek woonhuis Mgr. Borretstraat 13.JPG, House in Reek File:Landerd, Reek voormalige boerderij Langstraat 3.JPG, Farm in Reek

References

{{Authority control Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Geography of Maashorst