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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.
Maarheeze | |
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Village | |
 Catholic church | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Maarheeze Location in North Brabant  Maarheeze Maarheeze (Netherlands)  Maarheeze Maarheeze (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 51°18′39″N 5°36′48″E | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Province |  North Brabant |
| Municipality |  Cranendonck |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.85 km2 (0.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 4,585 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6026[1] |
| Dialing code | 0495 |
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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