Linden is a village in the
Dutch
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province of
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 ...
. It is located in the former municipality of
Cuijk
Cuijk (; dialect: ''Kuuk'') is a town in the northeastern part of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman Empire, Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, south of Nijmegen. ...
, about 10 km south of
Nijmegen
Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...
.
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 became part of and the name reverted 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 and
Beers.
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 on 1 January 2022. It belongs to the region of De Peel.
The municipality is ma ...
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
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