Hilvarenbeek facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Hilvarenbeek
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Former brewery now museum in Hilvarenbeek
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Location in North Brabant
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | North Brabant | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 96.49 km2 (37.25 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 94.93 km2 (36.65 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) | ||
| Population
(May 2014)
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| • Total | 15,092 | ||
| • Density | 159/km2 (410/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
| Postcode |
5080–5089
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| Area code | 013 | ||
Hilvarenbeek (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɪlˌvaːrə(m)ˈbeːk]) 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:
- Baarschot (village-like hamlet without church but a Maria cave)
- Biest-Houtakker
- Diessen
- Esbeek
- Haghorst
In addition, the following parts were historically separate, but are nowadays more like neighbourhoods:
- Beerten
- Driehuizen
- Dun
- Gorp
- Groenstraat
- Groot Loo
- Grote Voort
- Hoog Spul
- Hoogeind
- Klein Loo
- Kleine Voort
- Laag Spul
- Rovert
- Slibbroek
- Westerwijk
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Hilvarenbeek, June 2015.
Notable people
- 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.
- 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
- 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
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Hilvarenbeek, St. Petrus-Bandenkerk
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Zicht op de Sint-Petrus' Bandenkerk (Hilvarenbeek)
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Midden-Brabant
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Rollercoaster at De Beekse Bergen (1986)
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Statue in Esbeek
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