Reek, Netherlands
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| settlement_type = Village
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| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = North Brabant
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Maashorst
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5735AB |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 17 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 16
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| area_total_km2 = 10.39
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| population_total = 1,770
| population_as_of = 2021
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| timezone = CET
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| utc_offset_DST = +2
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Reek is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the former municipality of Landerd, about 3 km east of Schaijk.
History
Reek developed as a stretched out village in the Middle Ages.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0142.php |title=Reek |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=nl}} It used to be part of the {{ill|Land van Ravenstein|nl}} which became a Catholic enclave of Palatinate-Neuburg within the Dutch Republic in 1631.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/rogi002gesc01_01/rogi002gesc01_01_0012.php?q=Land%20van%20Ravenstein%20Velp#hl2 |title=Geschiedenis van het katholicisme in Noord-Nederland in de 16e en de 17e eeuw |author=L.J. Rogier|year=1947 |publisher=Urbi et orbi |location=Amsterdam |language=nl|access-date=17 April 2022 }} The land van Ravenstein was conquered by France in 1794, and sold to the Batavian Republic (the predecessor of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) in 1800.{{cite web|url=http://vestingravenstein.nl/geschiedenis |title=Geschiedenis |website=Vesting Ravenstein |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The former nunnery St Elisabeth was founded in 1857 by the Sister Penitenten from Haaren. The St Anthonius Abt Church was built in 1925 and 1926 and has the tower in the corner. It replaced an 1823 church. The grist mill Hellemolen was built in 1832. In 1948, it was put up for sale and the interior and part of the exterior were sold. In 2013, it was bad shape, but bought and restored the next year. By 2016, it could be used again.{{cite web|url=https://molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=582 |title=De Hellemolen |website=Molendatabase |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Reek was home to 798 people in 1840. Reek was a separate municipality until 1942, when it became part of Schaijk.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}} In 2022, it became part of the new municipality of Maashorst.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/reek |title=Reek |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The {{ill|Reekse Heide|nl}} is a {{convert|465|ha}} nature area. It used to belong to the Ministry of Defence, and consists mainly of sand and forest with some heath.
Gallery
File:Bomenrij weerspiegelt in het water - panoramio.jpg|Landscape near Reek
File:Reek Rijksmonument 519146 Boerenbond Noordhoek 13.JPG|Building of the {{ill|Noordbrabantse Christelijke Boerenbond|nl}}
File:Landerd, Reek woonhuis Mgr. Borretstraat 13.JPG|House in Reek
File:Landerd, Reek voormalige boerderij Langstraat 3.JPG|Farm in Reek
References
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Category:Populated places in North Brabant