Overloon

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Overloon
Overloon place flag
flag 		Overloon coat of arms
coat of arms
province North Brabant North Brabant
local community Flag of the municipality of Boxmeer Boxmeer
Area
 - land
 - water 		29.22  km 2
29.15 km 2
0.07 km 2
Residents 3,965 (Jan 1, 2018)
Coordinates 51 ° 34 ′  N , 5 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′  N , 5 ° 57 ′  E
Important traffic route A73
prefix 0478
Postcodes 5804, 5815, 5821, 5824-5826, 5843-5844
Location of Overloon in Boxmeer parish
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The memorial for the Allied soldiers killed at Overloon

Overloon is a village in the municipality of Boxmeer in the east of the province of Noord-Brabant ( Netherlands ) near Germany. Overloon is located in a wooded area between “de Peel” ( moorland ) and the Meuse . It has about 3965 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2018).

During the Second World War , Overloon was completely destroyed during one of the largest tank battles in October 1944 . After the war, a National War and Resistance Museum was established here .

In the village there is the modern Theobalduskirche (1956) modeled on the architect le Corbusier . War memorials and a British military cemetery are also worth seeing.

Overloon is now a holiday village with campsites, a holiday park and a zoo.

Worth seeing

  • Theobalduskirche

  • British war cemetery

  • National War and Resistance Museum

  • National War and Resistance Museum

  • Camels in Overloon Zoo

Web links

Commons : Overloon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , October 26, 2018, accessed on December 23, 2018 (Dutch)