Vierlingsbeek

Village in North Brabant, Netherlands

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51°35′46″N 6°0′37″E / 51.59611°N 6.01028°E / 51.59611; 6.01028CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth BrabantMunicipalityLand van CuijkArea

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• Total17.38 km² (6.71 sq mi)Elevation

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15 m (49 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total2,645 • Density150/km² (390/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

5821^[1]

Dialing code0478

Vierlingsbeek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌviːrlɪŋzˈbeːk]) is a village in the former municipality of Boxmeer in North Brabant province of the Netherlands. Until it was included in Boxmeer in 1998, it was a municipality of its own.^[3] Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk.

The UN/LOCODE is NLVIE.

History

Vierlingsbeek developed in the Early Middle Ages on the river bank of the Maas. In 1756, the village was damaged by a large fire, and it developed along the Venraij to Boxmeer road.^[4]

The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1843 after its predecessor from 1804 had partially collapsed in 1839. The clergy house is the former hunting cabin of William I of the Netherlands.^[4] The church was decommissioned in 1997, and is used for weddings, concerts and cultural activities.^[5] The Catholic St. Laurentius Church was built between 1952 and 1953 after its 1804 predecessor had been destroyed in 1944.^[4]

Vierlingsbeek was home to 806 people in 1840.^[5] In 1883, a railway station opened on Nijmegen to Venlo railway line. The original building was destroyed in 1945.^[6] The village was heavily damaged in 1944.^[4]

Vierlingsbeek was an independent municipality until 1998 when it was merged into Boxmeer. In 2022, it became part of the Land van Cuijk.^[5]

Gallery

Church: Sint-Laurentiuskerk
Villa in Vierlingsbeek
Railway station
Ferry

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022. two entries
^ "Postcodetool for 5821AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert (1997). Vierlingsbeek (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9945 6. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Vierlingsbeek". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "station Vierlingsbeek". Stationsweb (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 April 2022.