Maasbree

Maasbree Bree  (Limburgish)
Town and former municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°21′N 6°03′E / 51.350°N 6.050°E / 51.350; 6.050
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Municipality	Peel en Maas
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Maasbree (Dutch: [maːzˈbreː] (listen); Limburgish: Bree) is a former municipality and a town in southeastern Netherlands. Until 1818, the municipality was just called Bree in Dutch too.^[1]

Population centres[]

• Baarlo
• Maasbree

History[]

In the Middle Ages Maasbree and Baarlo belonged to the duchy of Guelders. Around 1702, at the time of the War of the Spanish Succession Maasbree was occupied by Prussia and remained Prussian until 1814. In 1815 Maasbree became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Maasbree used to be a fiefdom with a castle called Huis Bree, which has meanwhile disappeared.

The punk rock group Sex Pistols performed at Maf Centrum on December 11, 1977, as part of their Dutch Tour. This would be the last date of the tour, as the final 2 dates in Winschoten and Rotterdam were cancelled.

External links[]

• Official website

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Coordinates: 51°21′N 6°03′E / 51.350°N 6.050°E / 51.350; 6.050

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