Beugen is a village in the

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province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic 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 ...

. It is part of the municipality of

Land van Cuijk Land van Cuijk is a municipality in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands, formed from the merger of Boxmeer, Cuijk, Sint Anthonis, Mill en Sint Hubert and Grave on 1 January 2022. It belongs to the region of De Peel. The municipality is ma ...

. Beugen is located along the Maas and about south of

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1294 as "de Boghene", and probably means "bend in the river (Maas)". The Catholic Assumption of Mary Church was built in 1420. The church was enlarged between 1875 and 1879 by

Pierre Cuypers Petrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers (16 May 1827 – 3 March 1921) was a Dutch architect. His name is most frequently associated with the Amsterdam Central Station (1881–1889) and the Rijksmuseum (1876–1885), both in Amsterdam. ...

. In 1944, the tower was damaged by war and reconstructed in 1950. The

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Martinus was completed in 1868. At the end of World War II, the received a direct hit and was destroyed, however the rest of the mill was undamaged. Martinus remained in service until 1955. It was bought by the municipality in 1974. Between 1977 and 1978, the windmill was restored, and is regularly in service on a voluntary basis. Beugen was home to 1,052 people in 1840. In 1883, a joint railway station with

Rijkevoort Rijkevoort is a church village with more than 1600 inhabitants. Until 1942, Rijkevoort together with Beugen formed the municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort. This municipality was then split and Rijkevoort joined the municipality of Wanroij. Since ...

on the

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railway line opened. It closed in 1938. The village was part of the municipality

Beugen en Rijkevoort Beugen en Rijkevoort is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. It covered the villages of Beugen and Rijkevoort. The municipality existed until 1942, when Beugen became part of Boxmeer and Rijkevoort of Wanroij ...

. In 1942, it was merged into

Boxmeer Boxmeer () is a town and former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Boxmeer as a municipality incorporated the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek. One of the population centers of the former municip ...

. In 2022, it became part of the municipality of

. A marina was built along an old

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of the Maas. In 2022, construction started on a beach near the marina.

Notable people

René Meulensteen Reinhard Jozef Petrus "René" Meulensteen (born 25 March 1964) is a Dutch former footballer and coach who was most recently assistant coach of the Australia national soccer team. He spent the early parts of his career working in the Netherlands ...

(born 1964), former footballer and coach * Bas Mulder (1931–2020), Dutch-Surinamese Catholic priest

Gallery

File:Ronde stenen beltmolen van voren gefotografeerd - AMR Molenfoto - 20538095 - RCE.jpg, View on wind mill Martinus File:Beugen-kerkplein-208223.jpg, House in Beugen File:Beugense maasstraat.jpg, Street flooded by the Maas (July 2021) File:Beugen (Laag) - Wachterswoning 45 (14 maart 2018) 1.jpg, Former railway crossing guard house

References

External links

* {{Authority control Populated places in North Brabant Geography of Land van Cuijk