Hilvarenbeek
Hilvarenbeek | |
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.jpg) Former brewery now museum in Hilvarenbeek | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in North Brabant | |
| Coordinates: 51°29′N 5°8′E / 51.483°N 5.133°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Harrie Nuijten (acting) (PvdA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 96.51 km2 (37.26 sq mi) |
| • Land | 94.85 km2 (36.62 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[3] | |
• Total | 15,698 |
| • Density | 166/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 5080–5089 |
| Area code | 013 |
| Website | www |
Hilvarenbeek (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɪlˌvaːrə(m)ˈbeːk] ) is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium.
The biggest tourist attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a safari park, amusement park/playground, holiday bungalow park, and camping parks.
In the centre of the town the Sint-Petrus'-Banden is a Gothic church from the 14th and 15th centuries. The tower is a highlight of the Kempen Gothic.
Population centres
[edit]The municipality of Hilvarenbeek also includes the following villages with their own churches:
In addition, the following parts were historically separate, but are nowadays more like neighbourhoods:
- Beerten
- Driehuizen
- Dun
- Gorp
- Groenstraat
- Groot Loo
- Grote Voort
- Hoog Spul
- Hoogeind
- Klein Loo
- Kleine Voort
- Laag Spul
- Rovert
- Slibbroek
- Westerwijk
Topography
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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Hilvarenbeek, June 2015.
Notable people
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- Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519 in Gorp – 1573) a Dutch physician, linguist, and humanist
- Martinus Becanus (1563 in Hilvarenbeek – 1624) a Jesuit priest, theologian and controversialist.[4]
- Jacques Thomassen (born 1945 in Diessen) a Dutch organizational theorist and academic
- Henny Vrienten (born 1948 in Hilvarenbeek – 2022) a Dutch composer of TV and film scores [5]
- Annie Abrahams (born 1954 in Hilvarenbeek) a Dutch performance artist in video installations and the internet
- Henk Baars (born 1960 in Diessen) a former professional Dutch cyclo-cross cyclist
- Ronald van Raak (born 1969 in Hilvarenbeek) a Dutch politician, non-fiction writer and former academic
Gallery
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Hilvarenbeek, St. Petrus-Bandenkerk -
Zicht op de Sint-Petrus' Bandenkerk (Hilvarenbeek) -
Midden-Brabant -
Rollercoaster at De Beekse Bergen (1986) -
Statue in Esbeek
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References
[edit]- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 5081CA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ O'Loughlin, Francis D. (1907). . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2.
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 08 February 2020
External links
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Media related to Hilvarenbeek at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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