Milsbeek

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Milsbeek

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Image:Milsbeek, kerk foto4 2010-06-21 12.43.JPG

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| image_caption = Church of Milsbeek

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Limburg

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Gennep

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6596AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 24 April 2022 }}

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| area_total_km2 = 4.55

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=24 April 2022}}

| population_total = 1,015

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 6596

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0485

| coordinates = {{coord|51|43|36|N|5|56|52|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

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Milsbeek is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Gennep, and lies about 14 km southeast of Nijmegen.

The village was first mentioned in 1329 as Milsbeec, and is named after a brook.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/milsbeek |title=Milsbeek - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=nl}}

Milsbeek was home to 520 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/milsbeek |title=Milsbeek |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=nl}} The former pottery was turned into a pottery museum in 2016, and has to last remaining wood oven of the Netherlands.

Gallery

File:Overzicht van het landschap rond Genneperhuis - Restanten van de ruïne van het Genneperhuis - Milsbeek - 20536260 - RCE.jpg|Ruins of Gennerperhuis

File:Milsbeek, gemeenschapshuis.JPG|Community house

File:Milsbeek, lagere school 02.JPG|School

File:Pottenbakkerij Olde Kruyk 3.45-800x458.jpg|Former pottery (1955)

References