Boxmeer
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coat of arms |
province | North Brabant |
mayor | Karel van Soest ( VVD ) |
Seat of the municipality | Boxmeer |
Area - land - water |
113.84 km 2 111.44 km 2 2.4 km 2 |
CBS code | 0756 |
Residents | 29,133 (Jan 31, 2019) |
Population density | 256 inhabitants / km 2 |
Coordinates | 51 ° 39 ′ N , 5 ° 57 ′ E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 0478, 0485 |
Postcodes | 5441, 5447, 5821, 5823-5827, 5831, 5835-5836 |
Website | Boxmeer homepage |
Boxmeer ( Dutch municipality in the province of Noord-Brabant on the border with the province of Limburg and only 10 kilometers from the border with the Federal Republic of Germany . The community had 29,133 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019) on an area of around 114 km². It is between 10 and 32 m NAP .
) is aThe municipality, located directly on the Maas , was created in 1998 as part of a municipal reform from the merger of the municipalities Boxmeer and Vierlingsbeek. The municipal administration is located in the district of the same name.
places
The approximate number of inhabitants in brackets (as of January 1, 2018)
- Boxmeer (12,300)
- Bow (1,830)
- Holthees (515)
- Maashees (880)
- Oeffelt (2,300)
- Overloon (3,965)
- Rijkevoort (1,660)
- Sambeek (1,680)
- Vierlingsbeek (3,050)
- Vortum-Mullem (655)
Location and economy
Boxmeer is close to the A73 and A77 (German A57 ) motorway triangle between Nijmegen (Nijmegen) approx. 20 km north and 34 km southeast of Venlo . On the single-track railway line between the two cities, Boxmeer has a train station and Vierlingsbeek has a stop. The city of Goch is 16 km to the east.
The main town of Boxmeer has factories, among other things for animal medicines and vaccines from MSD Sharp & Dohme . These are located in the Saxe-Gotha industrial area. There are also many small businesses and transport companies ( trucks to and from Germany).
Overloon is a tourist center. Agriculture and horticulture are important sources of income (pig breeding, arable farming, tree nurseries, floriculture).
history
There were already numerous small trading and farming settlements here on the western bank of the Mosa (Maas) in Roman times . In the Middle Ages , the area of today's municipality Boxmeer was a bone of contention in the border area between the duchies of Brabant and Geldern . The lord (at that time still count) von Geldern granted a certain Jan Boc van Mere sovereign rights to this area in the 13th century ; the name Boc's Meer became Boxmeer. When Noord-Brabant became part of the Republic of the United Netherlands in 1648 , Boxmeer remained outside the new state. As a result, Boxmeer was not forced to convert to Protestantism like its western neighbors . Catholics from all over Noord-Brabant went to Boxmeer on Sundays and public holidays to hear mass there. In addition, a miracle with the holy blood is said to have occurred in Boxmeer at the beginning of the 15th century . This made it a place of pilgrimage . During the French period (1795-1815) Boxmeer was incorporated into the province of Noord-Brabant. The area is separated from the western neighboring country by the extensive, then inaccessible De Peel moorland . Since the Nijmegen - Venlo railway was also built, Boxmeer turned to Nijmegen. In the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century , De Peel was partially reclaimed and the extraction of peat brought a little more work opportunities.
The Second World War had disastrous consequences for the municipality of Boxmeer. In October 1944 there was a major tank battle as part of Operation Market Garden . The Allies finally won this " Battle of Overloon " after bloody fighting: the last bridgehead west of the Meuse had been recaptured by Nazi Germany. But Overloon, Boxmeer and other places in this area had to be rebuilt in whole or in large part after the end of the war. The War and Resistance Museum ( Nationaal Oorlogs- en verzetsmuseum ) was established in Overloon in 1946 .
Sights and events
- The War and Resistance Museum ( Nationaal Oorlogs- en verzetsmuseum ) in Overloon
- The new zoo in Overloon
- Sambeek has the oldest linden tree in the Netherlands, which is perhaps 1,000 years old
- In Vortum-Mullem every year takes place on Carnival Monday a carnival tradition held that due in part to pre-Christian fertility rites: the "sausage race", a traditional horse race
- The St. Peter's Basilica in Boxmeer, rebuilt in 1952, is still the center of a Holy Blood procession called 'de Vaart' on the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost .
- One day after the end of the Tour de France , the Dutch professional cyclists, together with some foreign stars, meet for the Boxmeer road criterion
- In the community there are still some picturesque chapels from the late Middle Ages , including in Groeningen and Holthees
- In the region there are the so-called “Maasheggen”: a kind of landwehr very rich in special birds and plants made of impenetrable undergrowth
- There are a few small marinas and campsites on the banks of the Meuse
- The municipality is rich in small forest and other natural areas
politics
The CDA was able to defend its election victory in 2014 in the 2018 local elections with a percentage of 27%. Together with the local Onafhankelijke Fractie and Vijf Dorpen Belang / Lijst Overloon, they form the coalition for the 2018–2022 legislative period.
Municipal council
The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:
Political party | Seats | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1993 a | 1997 b | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
CDA | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 6th | 5 | 6th |
SP | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 6th | 4th | 5 | 5 |
Local Onafhankelijke Fractie c | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 4th |
Vijf Dorpen concern | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Lijst Overloon | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Progressive combination | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
VVD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Politiek Overloon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - |
Nieuw Boxmeer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - |
Dorpslijst Oeffelt | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Politiek Bend d | 4th | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Belangengroep Rijkevoort | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
BurgerBelangen '86 e f | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Maaskant fractie | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Sociaal Liberaal Zakelijk Boxmeer | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | - |
Boxmeer Concern '86 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Politiek Sambeek Vortum Mullem | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
PvdA | 3 | 4th | 4th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sambeek's Concern '86 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Partij voor Socialisme en Ontwapening | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lijst Sambeek g | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
D66 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
total | 15th | 15th | 15th | 17th | 21st | 21st | 21st | 21st | 21st | 21st |
- Remarks
College of Mayors and Aldermen
The CDA is represented by two councilors in the College van burgemeester en wethouders , while the coalition parties Local Onafhankelijke Fractie and Vijf Dorpen Belang / Lijst Overloon each provide an alderman. The following people belong to the college and are responsible in the following areas:
function | Surname | Political party | Department | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
mayor | Karel van Soest | VVD | public order and security, communication, organization and personnel, Euregio, community partnership Boxmeer-Sigmaringen, communal and regional cooperation, district and village councils | in office since September 1, 2003 |
Alderman | Peter Stevens | CDA | Spatial planning, economics, enforcement, permits, housing, land and lease matters, basic operations | first deputy mayor |
Willy Hendriks-van Haren | Local Onafhankelijke Fractie | Quality of life, social affairs, sport, art and culture, education, youth, senior citizens, health care, events (markets and fairgrounds) | second deputy mayor | |
Jeu Verstraaten | Vijf Dorpen Belang / Lijst Overloon | Finance, transport and traffic, recreation and tourism, facility management, administration of public space, landscape and nature, waste and the environment, information technology | third deputy mayor | |
Bouke de Bruin-van Vught | CDA | Sustainability, innovation, administrative renewal, climate adaptation and the energy transition | fourth deputy mayor | |
Community Secretary | vacant | - | - | - |
Parish partnership
Since 2001 there has been a community partnership with Sigmaringen ( Germany ). The connection goes back to a marriage between Maria Clara van de Berg from Boxmeer and Maximilian von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1666 .
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Dutch)
- Website of the Overloon War Museum (German, Dutch, English)
- Website of the zoo in Overloon (Dutch, German, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , October 26, 2018, accessed on December 23, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ a b Results of the local elections: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on December 23, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Samenstelling college . In: boxmeer.nl . Gemeente Boxmeer, accessed December 23, 2018 (Dutch)