Hilvarenbeek

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Hilvarenbeek

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Hilvarenbeek - St. Sebastiaanstraat 4 - Bierbrouwerij de Roos (1).jpg

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| image_caption = Former brewery now museum in Hilvarenbeek

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| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0798 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Hilvarenbeek in a municipal map of North Brabant

| map_caption = Location in North Brabant

| coordinates = {{coord|51|29|N|5|8|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = North Brabant

| government_footnotes =

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party = PvdA

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Harrie Nuijten (acting)

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}

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| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Hilvarenbeek}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Hilvarenbeek}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

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|title=Postcodetool for 5081CA

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|work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher=Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date=29 May 2014

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|archive-date=21 September 2013

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| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}

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| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 5080–5089

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 013

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.hilvarenbeek.nl}}

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Hilvarenbeek ({{IPA|nl|ɦɪlˌvaːrə(m)ˈbeːk|-|204 Hilvarenbeek.ogg}}) is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium.

The biggest tourist attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a safari park, amusement park/playground, holiday bungalow park, and camping parks.

In the centre of the town the Sint-Petrus'-Banden is a Gothic church from the 14th and 15th centuries. The tower is a highlight of the Kempen Gothic.

Population centres

The municipality of Hilvarenbeek also includes the following villages with their own churches:

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In addition, the following parts were historically separate, but are nowadays more like neighbourhoods:

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  • Beerten
  • Driehuizen
  • Dun
  • Gorp
  • Groenstraat
  • Groot Loo
  • Grote Voort
  • Hoog Spul
  • Hoogeind
  • Klein Loo
  • Kleine Voort
  • Laag Spul
  • Rovert
  • Slibbroek
  • Westerwijk

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=Topography=

File:Gem-Hilvarenbeek-OpenTopo.jpg

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Hilvarenbeek, June 2015.

Notable people

File:Johannes Goropius Becanus.jpg

  • Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519 in Gorp – 1573) a Dutch physician, linguist, and humanist
  • Martinus Becanus (1563 in Hilvarenbeek – 1624) a Jesuit priest, theologian and controversialist.{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Martin Becan |volume= 2 |last= O'Loughlin |first= Francis D. |short=1}}
  • Jacques Thomassen (born 1945 in Diessen) a Dutch organizational theorist and academic
  • Henny Vrienten (born 1948 in Hilvarenbeek – 2022) a Dutch composer of TV and film scores [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0904087/ IMDb Database] retrieved 08 February 2020
  • Annie Abrahams (born 1954 in Hilvarenbeek) a Dutch performance artist in video installations and the internet
  • Henk Baars (born 1960 in Diessen) a former professional Dutch cyclo-cross cyclist
  • Ronald van Raak (born 1969 in Hilvarenbeek) a Dutch politician, non-fiction writer and former academic

Gallery

File:Hilvarenbeek - Vrijthof 28 - St. Petrus-Bandenkerk.jpg|Hilvarenbeek, St. Petrus-Bandenkerk

File:.. - panoramio (240).jpg|Zicht op de Sint-Petrus' Bandenkerk (Hilvarenbeek)

File:Midden-Brabant.jpg|Midden-Brabant

File:Achtbaan.jpg|Rollercoaster at De Beekse Bergen (1986)

File:Esbeek, standbeeld van baron Edward Remy in de tuin van Huize Rustoord MG 7548 2020-09-14 15.40.jpg|Statue in Esbeek

References

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