Beek, Berg en Dal
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Beek is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Berg en Dal, about 5 km east of Nijmegen. It was sometimes referred to as "Beek (bij Nijmegen)" or "Beek-Ubbergen" because there are several villages in the Netherlands called Beek.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/beek-ubbergen |title=Beek (Ubbergen) |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=20 March 2022 |language=nl}}
History
It was first mentioned in 814–815 as Bechi, and means brook.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/beek2 |title=Beek - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=20 March 2022 |language=nl}} The village dates from the early Middle Ages and was an agricultural community. In 1840, it was home to 715 people. In the late 19th century it became a popular place to build villas.
File:Torenspits van de Sint-Bartholomaeuskerk te Beek-Ubbergen Provincie Gelderland.jpg
The tower of the Saint Bartholomew's Church has elements which probably date from the 11th century. The current layout dates from 1650. Between 1948 and 1950, it was extensively repaired due to war damage.{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu05_01/sten009monu05_01_0028.php |title=Beek |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |page=108 |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90-400-9406-3 |language=nl |access-date=20 March 2022}}
Beek was a separate municipality until 1 January 1818, when it merged with "Ooij en Persingen" forming the municipality of Ubbergen.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. {{cite web |url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |accessdate=2009-12-03 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712231701/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archivedate=2007-07-12 }} On 1 January 2015 "Ubbergen", "Groesbeek" and "Millingen aan de Rijn" merged into the enlarged municipality of Groesbeek,{{cite news |url=https://internetgemeentegids.nl/gemeente/Berg+en+Dal|title=Gemeente Berg en Dal |work=internetgemeentegids.nl |lang=nl |access-date=4 July 2024}} renamed Berg en Dal from 1 January 2016.{{cite web |title=Per 1 januari 2015 393 gemeenten |url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2015/02/per-1-januari-2015-393-gemeenten |website=Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS, Statistics Netherlands) |accessdate=4 August 2019}} (in Dutch)
Geology
Beek is part of the Lower Rhine Heights, a cross-border moraine that was formed in the penultimate Ice Age (the Saale glaciation), by the impoundments of glaciers and glacier tongues coming from the northeast.
Nature
The Kabouterboom is a chestnut (castanea sativa) in the valley of Beek. The tree dates from the 17th century, and has a trunk of 8 to 9 metres, and is the thickest tree of the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=https://bomenbieb.nl/bijzondere-bomen/kabouterboom-beek/ |title=Kabouterboom Beek |website=Bomenbieb |access-date=20 March 2022 |language=nl}}
Notable people
- Sebastiaan Tromp (1889–1975), Jesuit priest, theologian{{cite web|url=http://www.volgconcilie.be/Deelnemers/tromp.html |title=Sebastiaan Tromp |website=Volg Concilie |access-date=20 March 2022 |language=nl}}
- Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (1944–2023), politician{{cite web|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09llp4xjze/b_j_m_berend_jan_baron_van_voorst_tot |title=Mr. B.J.M. (Berend-Jan) baron van Voorst tot Voorst |website=Dutch Parliament |access-date=20 March 2022 |language=nl}}
Gallery
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Hotel 't Spijker Rijksstraatweg 191, 6573 CP Beek-Ubbergen Provincie Gelderland.jpg|Hotel 't Spijker
Beek-Ubbergen Rijksstraatweg Provincie Gelderland.jpg|Rijksstraatweg
De voormalige Gemeentelijke Electriciteits Werken, waar stroom voor de tram naar Berg en Dal en Nijmegen werd opgewekt. Beek 1913 Provincie Gelderland.jpg|The former Municipal Electricity Works, where electricity was generated for the tram to Berg en Dal and Nijmegen.
Toren en ingang Bartholomeuskerkje Beek-Ubbergen Provincie Gelderland.jpg|Tower and entrance of Bartholomew's Church
References
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Category:Populated places in Gelderland
Category:Former municipalities of Gelderland