Kessel () is a former
municipality
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and a
city
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in the southeastern province of
Limburg, in the
Netherlands
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. It is a small historic municipality with 4,246 residents. It merged with neighbouring municipalities in the new municipality of
Peel en Maas
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(as of 1 January 2010). To the west are the ''Heldense Bossen'' (
Helden Forest) and to the east is the
Meuse
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History
From 1301, the upper ...
river.
It has a small historic city center with a castle and a historic marketplace. To the south is the Kessel-Eik neighbourhood with the Eikelenpeel and Musschenberg.
History
The
d'Ewes baronets of
Stowlangtoft
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Name
The village, originally just Stow ...
,
England
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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 (; ; ) 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 present-day Germany. Though the present 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 Meuse, Maas
File:Oeverberg.jpg, Estate Oeverberg
File:Kessel 1.JPG, Windmill St Anthoniusmolen
References
External links
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Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2010
Cities in the Netherlands
Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)
Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)
Peel en Maas
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