Baarlo (; li, Baolder ) is a village in the southeastern

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. It is located in the 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 ...

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 ...

, about 6 km southwest of

Venlo Venlo () is a city and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg, about 50 km east of the city of Eindhoven, 65 km north east of the provincial capital Maastricht, a ...

Name and symbols

The oldest mention of the name Baarlo is from 1219. The oldest certificate of the bank of Baarlo dates from 25 January 1377. In 1629 for the first time it used its own

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. The seal shows the

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, holding a key in his left hand and in his right hand three ropes carrying a shield, on which a stag is shown jumping to the left. At that time, the local lord,

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sealed the certificates.

History

Archeological excavations have shown that at the beginning of our calendar people already had settled in Baarlo. Later the

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came; they built the Roman road between

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and

Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...

and

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(between Baarlo and Kessel). In the 19th century the old church of Baarlo became too small, so the city decided to build a new one.

Pierre Cuypers Petrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers (16 May 1827 – 3 March 1921) was a Dutch architect. His name is most frequently associated with the Amsterdam Central Station (1881–1889) and the Rijksmuseum (1876–1885), both in Amsterdam. ...

was the architect and the church was finished in 1878. In 1932, the priest chancel and the transept of the church were extended by

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. In November 1944 the church was blown up by the

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. A restoration was not possible. Therefore, it was decided to build a new church. This work has been completed in 1955.

Castles

There are four castles in Baarlo. Castles d'Erp (has also been called de Borcht), Berckt, and Raay were built in the 13th century. Castle Scheres was built about 1860 and was inhabited by the Japanese artist Shinkichi Tajiri until he died on 15 March 2009.

Gallery

File:KnupTajiri met Kasteel d'Erp.JPG, Artefact of Tajiri in Baarlo. Behind Castle d'Erp. File:Baarlo - Huis Grotestraat.JPG, House in Baarlo File:5991 Baarlo, Netherlands - panoramio.jpg, View on Baarlo File:Alphajet Luftwaffe 40+23 at Piet Smits pic7.jpg, Alphajet at the Piet Smits Museum

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Peel en Maas