Deurne () is a rural

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and eponymous village in the province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to t ...

in the

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. Including the villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Neerkant, and Helenaveen, Deurne had a population of in and covers an area of .

History

First recorded as ''Durninum'' (near / by thorns) in a deed of gift from the Frankish Lord Herelaef to bishop

Willibrord Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg. Early life His fathe ...

in 721, Deurne remained a collection of subsistence farming hamlets west of the Peel

peat Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and ...

moor until the 2nd half of the 19th century, when a newly built

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(Eindhoven - Venlo in 1866) and a

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(

Zuid-Willemsvaart canal The Zuid-Willemsvaart (; translated: ''South William's Canal'') is a canal in the south of the Netherlands and the east of Belgium. Route The Zuid-Willemsvaart is a canal in the provinces Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg (Belgium) and Nort ...

in 1826) enabled the commercial exploitation of the moor. Although the peat industry did not yield much of a

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in the era of

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powered industries, the cultivation of the newly cleared land, in the 1930s also by

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, gave a boost to

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, and settlement alike. Today only tiny pieces of this former peat moor remain, some reflooded as mini

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s, scattered along the

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that once brought about its very existence. Coincidentally the very same Anglo Dutch Griendtsveen Peat Moss Litter Company Ltd. that extracted a significant part of the peat in the Peel moved to Thorne ( Moorends)

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, U.K., where several of its Dutch employees settled as immigrant workers.

Transportation

Deurne railway station Deurne is a railway station in Deurne, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 November 1864 and is on the Venlo–Eindhoven railway The Venlo–Eindhoven railway is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Venlo to Eindhoven, ...

Culture

In 2009 the new "Cultural Centre" (''cultureel centrum'') opened its doors. It is the Martien van Doorne Cultuur Centrum and serves as a theatre, concert hall, and movie theatre. The local dialect is Peellands (an

East Brabantian East Brabantian ( nl, Oost Noord-Brabants or Oost Brabants) is one of the main divisions of the Brabantian dialect group recognized by the ''Woordenboek van de Brabantse dialecten''. East Brabantian dialects are mainly spoken in the eastern part o ...

dialect, which is very similar to colloquial

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).Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants,

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Deurne is twinned with:

Notable people

* Lucas Gassel (c.1488 in Deurne – 1568 or 1569) a Renaissance painter known for his landscapes * Aaltje Noordewier–Reddingius (1868 in Deurne – 1949) a Dutch classical soprano and voice teacher *

Jules de Corte Julius "Jules" de Corte (29 March 1924 – 16 February 1996) was probably one of the most famous blind singer-songwriters from the Netherlands. Early life Julius de Corte was born on 29 March 1924 in Deurne to Peer de Corte and Anna van Eij ...

(1924 in Deurne – 1996) blind singer-songwriter from the Netherlands * Laurens van den Acker (born 1965 in Deurne) an automobile designer *

Erik van Lieshout Erik Gerardus Franciscus van Lieshout is a Dutch contemporary artist most widely known for his installations. In 2018, he won the Heineken Prize for Art. Biography Erik van Lieshout was resident from 1990 to 1992 at de Ateliers ’63 in Haarle ...

(born 1968 in Deurne) a Dutch contemporary artist

Gallery

File:Dr. Anna Terruweplein Deurne P1050447.jpg, Dr. Anna Terruweplein, Deurne File:Deurne, de Sint Willibrorduskerk RM12372 foto6 2014-05-18 11.42.jpg, Deurne, church: de Sint Willibrorduskerk File:140704 HANENBERGWEG ZEILBERG DEURNE 't Benkske.JPG, wooden meeting place, known as LITTLE BENCH File:Geldersestraat 10-12 voorm tabakschuur..JPG, Geldersestraat 10-12

References

External links

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Official website
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