Boxtel () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

and a town in the southern

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. The name derives from Buchestelle and is presumably a combination of 'stelle' (Dutch for stable, safe place) and (deer) buck.2019. Etymologiebank.Nl. Accessed April 27 2019

This is the origin of the Van Boxtel family, which has numerous descendants in

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 th ...

. The town was the site of the

Battle of Boxtel The Battle of Boxtel was fought in the Duchy of Brabant on 14–15 September 1794, during the War of the First Coalition. It was part of the Flanders Campaign of 1793–94 in which British, Dutch and Austrian troops had attempted to launch an i ...

fought in September 1794 during the

Flanders campaign The Flanders Campaign (or Campaign in the Low Countries) was conducted from 20 April 1792 to 7 June 1795 during the first years of the War of the First Coalition. A coalition of states representing the Ancien Régime in Western Europe – Au ...

. It is often principally remembered as the first battle of the future

Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister o ...

Population centres

*Boxtel * Esch * Lennisheuvel * Liempde

Topography

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Boxtel, 2021''

Notable residents

Dianne van Giersbergen bei einem Live-Auftritt 2014

* José van Dijck (born 1960) a new media author and academic * Teun Voeten (born 1961) a Dutch photojournalist and cultural anthropologist * Marcel Wanders (born 1963) a Dutch designer and art director * Dianne van Giersbergen (born 1985 in Liempde) a spinto soprano and singer-songwriter * Sam Feldt (born 1993) a Dutch DJ and

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

Sport

* Jeroen Delmee (born 1973) a field hockey player and twice Olympic champion * Bas van Erp (1979–2016) a Dutch wheelchair Paralympic tennis player *

Frank van der Struijk Frank van der Struijk (born 28 March 1985) is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full back, right back or Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre back. Club career Van ...

(born 1985) a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps * Michael van Gerwen (born 1989) a Dutch professional, 3-time World

Darts Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard. Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the ...

Champion * Glenn Schuurman (born 1991) a Dutch field hockey player, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics * Silvinho Esajas (born 2002) a Dutch professional footballer

Transportation

* Boxtel railway station

Gallery

File:Boxtel P1040896.JPG, House in Boxtel File:Station Boxtel (1).JPG, Boxtel Station File:Kasteel Stapelen.jpg, Kasteel Stapelen File:Kampina Boxtel.JPG, Natuurgebied Kampina in Boxtel File:Boxtel, de Dinorotonde IMG 8615 2021-03-29 13.09.jpg, Boxtel, roundabout: Dinorotonde

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities of North Brabant Populated places in North Brabant {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub