Boekel

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Boekel
Municipality
Boekel town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location in North Brabant
Coordinates: 51°36′N 5°40′E / 51.600°N 5.667°E / 51.600; 5.667Coordinates: 51°36′N 5°40′E / 51.600°N 5.667°E / 51.600; 5.667
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	(CDA)
Area [2]
• Total	34.52 km2 (13.33 sq mi)
• Land	34.51 km2 (13.32 sq mi)
• Water	0.01 km2 (0.004 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (January 2019)[4]
• Total	10,588
• Density	307/km2 (800/sq mi)
• Uden-Veghel	175,119
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	5427–5428
Area code	0492
Website	www.boekel.nl

Dutch Topographic map of Boekel, June 2015

Boekel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbukəl] (listen)) 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 , 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 is founded somewhere in the Middle Ages as a settlement of a number of farms.

In the 13th century Boekel was part of de heerlijkheid Uden. In 1233 a separation took place between the  [nl] and the  [nl] and Uden. At that time Uden together with Herpen formed a form of government called a heerlijkheid. Until the foundation of the city of Ravenstein, Herpen was the main city of this region. sold or leased 1313 of 1314 the community rights (gemene gronden) to the residents of Boekel and . When the noble lord wanted to improve its cash position, then he charges the use of any of its soils, beginning with the wasteland in his heerlijkheid. This common land should particularly think of marshy land and barren higher grounds, such as heaths.

Land of Ravenstein[]

In 1324 the heerlijkheid of Uden administratively belonged to the Land of Ravenstein under the rule of the House of Valkenburg until 1396.

From the aldermen Herpen and Uden the Heikantsgericht was created in 1339. These shipsbanks stretched across the entire former heerlijkheid of Uden, consisting of Uden, Boekel and Zeeland. Of these aldermen, which in total consisted of seven members, two were from Boekel.

By childless death of Reinoud of Valkenburg (married to Elisabeth van Kleef) grants the Duke of Brabant Adolf van Kleef with Herpen, Ravenstein and Uden so in 1397 the Land of Ravenstein Kleefs territory aids was. Afterwards the area comes under ruling of Neuburg-Palts in 1629. Under the Neubergers ruling the area had religious freedom.

Because the neighboring provinces of Brabant and Gelderland from 1648 officially fall under the States-General, this  [nl] more and more was seen as "foreign". The religious freedom provided opportunities for Catholics in the States of Brabant. So the Catholics of Erp built their own barn church on the border with Boekel. Due to the religious freedom several Catholic religious orders settled in the Land of Ravenstein. In 1741 members of the Brothers Penitents, from the Handelse Kluis themselves wanted to settle in Boekel. Led by  [nl] the brothers laid the foundations for the Psychiatric Hospital Huize Padua.

From the 17th and 18th centuries various conflicts arise between the villages of Boekel, Uden and Gemert around the demarcation lines between the Ravenstein, Cuijk and Gemert areas. In 1663 the boundary dispute with the Vrije Heerlijkheid Gemert was settled. In 1729, a similar problem with Uden settled.

See also[]

• Henk Heithuis

Leontien van Moorsel, 2014

Notable people[]

• Hans Gruyters (1925 in Boekel – 1980) a Dutch criminal, bankrobber, burglar and escaped convict
• Leontien van Moorsel (born 1970 in Boekel) a Dutch retired racing cyclist, four time gold medallist at the 2000 & 2004 Olympic Games
• Mirella van Melis (born 1979 in Venhorst) a retired female track and road racing cyclist
• Hannes van Asseldonk (born 1992 in Boekel) is a Dutch racing driver

Gallery[]

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  Boekel kapel achter kerk

• 

  T.T Boerderij Berkhoek, Boekel

• 

  Venhorst, monument op kerkplein zijden

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  Sint-Josef kerk, Venhorst, Boekel

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  Boekel Standerdmolen

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boekel, North Brabant.

• Official website