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Best (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a municipality and a village in the province of North Brabant, southern Netherlands. It is situated northwest of the city Eindhoven , and is part of Brabant's city region .
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In the Netherlands, this camp is known as 'Kamp Vught', because the concentration camp was actually located at a heath near Vught, a village a few kilometres south of 's-Hertogenbosch. The city was occupied by German forces during World War II from 1940 to 1944. The railway station was bombed by planes of the Royal Air Force on 16 September 1944.
The village was part of the municipality Beugen en Rijkevoort. In 1942, it was merged into Boxmeer. In 2022, it became part of the municipality of Land van Cuijk. [7] A marina was built along an old anabranch of the Maas. [9] In 2022, construction started on a beach near the marina. [10]
Deurne (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdøːrnə] ⓘ) is a rural municipality and eponymous village in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. Including the villages of Liessel, Vlierden , Neerkant, and Helenaveen, Deurne had a population of 32,437 in 2021 and covers an area of 118.36 km 2 (45.70 sq mi).
From the 1960s shoe production was moved to low-wage countries and Batadorp was sold to the municipality of Best. The network of shops - even the factory shop - had closed by 1996. The original buildings of Batadorp are now an industrial heritage site.
A harbour has been known to exist at Lith since 968. Originally it was part of the Duchy of Brabant. Later it became part of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. In 1672, it was conquered by the Dutch Republic. [4] The Dutch Reformed church dated from the Middle Ages, but was destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb in 1945. The church was rebuilt in 1953.
Vessem is a village in the southern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Eersel, North Brabant. Cultural attractions include the Jacobusmolen windmill and several galleries. The village was first mentioned in 1245 as Veseme. The etymology is unclear. [3] Vessem is a church village which developed on a sandy ridge along the Kleine ...