Maarheeze

Village in North Brabant, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Maarheeze is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck, about 15 km southeast of Eindhoven, near the Belgian and the German borders.

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Location in North Brabant
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Maarheeze (Netherlands)
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Coordinates: 51°18′39″N 5°36′48″E
Country Netherlands
Province North Brabant
Municipality Cranendonck
Area
  Total1.85 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Elevation28 m (92 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
  Total4,585
  Density2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6026[1]
Dialing code0495
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History

The village was first mentioned in 1223 as in Marresia. The etymology is unclear.[3] Maarheeze is a church village which developed in the Early Middle Ages.[4]

Maarheeze was home to 220 people in 1840.[5] The Catholic St Gertrudis Church was built between 1909 and 1910 and has two towers.[4] In 1913, a railway station was built in Maarheeze, however it closed in 1938 and the building was demolished in 1966.[6] A new railway station was built in 2010.[7] In 1955, a factory was opened by Philips.[5]

Maarheeze used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Budel in 1997, and changed its name to Cranendonck.[8]

Though located in North Brabant near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an East Brabantian dialect).[9]

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