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Boekel
Boekel () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. Etymology Previously it was assumed the name Boekel referred to the forest ("loo" in Dutch) of the lords Boc, similar to places like Boxmeer and Boxtel. The lords Boc were the first lords of Lijst van heren en vrouwen van Boxmeer, Boxmeer, but have no connection to the other two places. Currently, it is presumed that the name derives from ''Beukeloo'', which is a type of beech forest. Population centres *Boekel *Huize Padua *Venhorst History Land van Herpen Boekel was founded at some point in the Middle Ages as a settlement with a number of farms. In the 13th century Boekel was part of de heerlijkheid Uden. In 1233 a separation took place between the Land van Cuijk and the and Uden. At that time Uden, together with Herpen, formed a unit of government called a heerlijkheid. Until the foundation of the city of Ravenstein, Netherlands, Ravenstein, Herpen was the main city of this region. Rutger van He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venhorst
Venhorst is a village in the municipality of Boekel, Netherlands. History The village was founded as Sint-Jozefpeel after the large-scale Peel (Netherlands), Peel reclamation began, that is after 1920. In 1934 the parish church was consecrated: even now the existing Joseph of Nazareth, Sint-Jozef church. In particular, the Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie (Nederland), PTT insisted on renaming the village, to avoid confusion with other places. From 1936 the village was called Venhorst, after the many rates (water), fens that occurred in the area and the Horst (geology), horst on which the village lay. Gradually the village grew. There was a modest middle class and small business in the still predominantly agricultural village, where now the grandscale pigfarming and related services are central. Venhorst located near the busy Provincial Road 277, Middenpeelweg. Despite the limited size of the village there is still a thriving society, consisting of a carnival, fanfare, a shoot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uden-Veghel
Uden-Veghel is a polycentric metropolitan area, centred on the towns of Uden and Veghel, in the east of the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands. It consists of the neighbouring municipalities of Maashorst (merger of Uden and Landerd in 2022) and Meierijstad (merger of Schijndel, Sint-Oedenrode, and Veghel in 2017) with the surrounding municipalities of Bernheze and Boekel. The province of North Brabant established the partnership in 2002 for spatial planning purposes, and stated that the municipalities of Uden and Veghel are complementary to each other. The agreement included Zoning, zoning plans for the development of residential, business and industrial areas, as well as plans for the development and preservation of nature in the region. The provincie of North Brabant defines the chain of Schijndel-Eerde-Veghel and Uden-Volkel as highly urbanized. The municipalities of Sint-Oedenrode and Landerd are described as being moderately urbanized, and Erp, Netherlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huize Padua
Huize Padua is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant, in the municipality of Boekel Boekel () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. Etymology Previously it was assumed the name Boekel referred to the forest ("loo" in Dutch) of the lords Boc, similar to places like Boxmeer and Boxtel. The lords Boc were .... Populated places in North Brabant Boekel {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of The Netherlands
Since 1 January 2023, there have been 342 regular municipalities ( ; Grammatical number#Overview, sing. ) and three Caribbean Netherlands, special municipalities ( ) in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean. Municipalities are the second-level administrative division, or public body (Netherlands), public bodies (), in the Netherlands and are subdivisions of their respective provinces of the Netherlands, provinces. Their duties are delegated to them by the Cabinet of the Netherlands, central government and they are ruled by a municipal council (Netherlands), municipal council that is elected every four years. Municipal merger (politics), mergers have reduced the total number of municipalities by two-thirds since the first official boundaries were created in the mid 19th century. Municipalities themselves are informally subdivided into districts and neighbourhoods for administrative and statistical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 on 1 January 2022. It belongs to the region of De Peel. The municipality is mainly oriented towards the city of Nijmegen. A is spoken in the entire Land van Cuijk. Geography As of 2022, the areas encompassed by the municipality have a population of approximately 90 thousand people. The municipality is bordered by Wijchen and Heumen to the north, Mook en Middelaar, Gennep and Bergen (Limburg) to the east, Venray to the south and Oss, Maashorst, Boekel and Gemert-Bakel to the west. It consists of 33 main population centres. Topography ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Land van Cuijk, 2021.'' History The Land van Cuijk was given in pledge to William the Silent in 1559. During the Eighty Years' War, Grave was conquered in 1602 by Maurice of Nassau, later Prince of Orange. The Land van Cui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Brabant
North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic 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 west, and the Flemish provinces of Antwerp and Limburg to the south. The northern border follows the Meuse westward to its mouth in the Hollands Diep strait, part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. North Brabant had a population of about 2,626,000 as of January 2023. Major cities in North Brabant are Eindhoven (pop. 231,642), Tilburg (pop. 217,259), Breda (pop. 183,873), its provincial capital 's-Hertogenbosch (pop. 154,205), and Helmond (pop. 94,967) History The Duchy of Brabant was a state of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183 or 1190. It developed from the Landgraviate of Brabant and formed the heart of the historic Low Countries, part of the Burgundian Netherlands from 1430 and of the Habsburg Netherlands f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uden
Uden () is a town and former municipality in the province of North Brabant, in the Netherlands. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Maashorst. History Uden was first recorded around 1190 as "Uthen". However, earlier settlements have been found in the areas of modern-day Moleneind, Vorstenburg and Bitswijk and evidence of Ice Age settlements has been found near the hamlet of Slabroek. From 1324 Uden was ruled by the Valkenburg house and became a part of the . After 1397 it became a part of the German duchy of Cleves. Uden was hardly affected by the Eighty Years' War and gained religious freedom in 1631. A result of this was the establishment in the municipality of the Crosiers, who fled from Protestant Dutch oppression in 's-Hertogenbosch in 1638. After the peace of Munster in 1648, Uden remained outside the Dutch republic and was a haven of religious tolerance, and Catholics from the nearby towns of Veghel, Nistelrode and Erp were able to build churche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beech
Beech (genus ''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to subtropical (accessory forest element) and temperate (as dominant element of Mesophyte, mesophytic forests) Eurasia and North America. There are 14 accepted species in two distinct subgenera, ''Englerianae'' and ''Fagus''. The subgenus ''Englerianae'' is found only in East Asia, distinctive for its low branches, often made up of several major trunks with yellowish bark. The better known species of subgenus ''Fagus'' are native to Europe, western and eastern Asia and eastern North America. They are high-branching trees with tall, stout trunks and smooth silver-grey bark. The European beech ''Fagus sylvatica'' is the most commonly cultivated species, yielding a utility timber used for furniture construction, flooring and engineering purposes, in plywood, and household items. The timber can be used to build homes. Beechwood makes excellent firewood. Slats of washed beech wood are spread around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeeland, North Brabant
Zeeland is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the former municipality of Landerd, about 5 km northeast of Uden. History The village was first mentioned in 1376 as Zeelant, and refers to Terra Salica, an inheritance system which excluded women. Zeeland developed in the Middle Ages on the edge of the Peel region. The Catholic St Jacobus de Meerdere Church was built between 1871 and 1872 as a replacement for its medieval predecessor. Zeeland was home to 467 people in 1840. Zeeland was a separate municipality until 1994, when it became part of Landerd. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Maashorst Maashorst is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the south of 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 .... Gallery Image:Zeeland, kerk foto2 2010-04-10 12.23.JPG, Zeeland, church Ima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravenstein, Netherlands
Ravenstein is a city and a former municipality in the south of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. The former municipality covered an area of 42.68 km² (of which 0.96 km² water). In 2003 it was incorporated into the city of Oss. Ravenstein was founded by Walraven van Valkenburg. It received city rights in 1380. From 1631 until 1796, Ravenstein and the surrounding area were part of the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and was a Catholic enclave within the Dutch Republic. Land van Ravenstein In 1360, Ravenstein became part of the , and received city rights in 1380. Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein died in 1528 without successors, and the land became part of the Duchy of Cleves. In 1609, it became part of the Margraviate of Brandenburg who sold the Dutch Republic the right to fortify Ravenstein and maintain troops in the city. In 1631, it changed hands to the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg, and became a Catholic enclave within the Dutch Republic. The L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volkel
Volkel ( Brabantian: ''Vollekul'') is a village in the Netherlands. It is situated in the north-east corner of the province of North Brabant, south-east of the town of Uden. On 1 January 2021, Volkel had 3,435 inhabitants. It used to be part of the municipality of Uden, before being merged into the municipality of Maashorst in 2022. Volkel is known for Volkel Air Base of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) as well as the amusement park . Volkel used to be a little village. In 1455, a chapel was built, but the village did not get a church until 1855. In 1940, a military airport was built near Volkel by the Germans. During Operation Market Garden, the airport was bombed many times. The damage was repaired afterwards, and it first served as an Allied airport and later it became Volkel Air Base. Gallery File:2, AFB Volkel (NL), Alphajet, Patrouille de France P1010341 (50852713981).jpg, Patrouille de France The (, "French Acrobatic Patrol"), also known as the (PAF), is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutger Van Herpen
Rutger is a male given name common in the Netherlands, and a cognate of the first name Roger. People *Ruotger (died 931), archbishop of Trier * ( – 1050), First Duke of Cleves * (died 1075), Second Duke of Cleves *Rutger von Ascheberg (1621–1693), Swedish cavalry officer and civil servant, one of the principal commanders of Scanian War * Rutger Backe (born 1951), Swedish footballer *Rutger Beke (born 1977), Belgian triathlete *Rutger Bregman (born 1988), Dutch historian * Rutger Castricum (born 1979), Dutch journalist and presenter *Rutger Fuchs (1682–1753), Swedish military leader *Rutger Gunnarsson (1946–2015), Swedish musician and guitarist *Rutger Hauer (1944–2019), Dutch actor *Rutger Kopland (1934–2012), Dutch poet and psychiatrist *Rutger Koppelaar (born 1993), Dutch pole vaulter * Rutger van Langevelt (1635–1695), Dutch mathematician, painter and architect *Rutger Macklean (1742–1816), Swedish land reformer *Rutger Macklier (1688–1748), Swedish army officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
