Escharen is a village in the
Dutch 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 located in the former municipality of
Grave
A grave is a location where a cadaver, dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is burial, buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of buria ...
. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of
Land van Cuijk.
History
The village was first mentioned between 1200 and 1225 as Escre, and means "sandy ridge". The Escharen
Hoard
A hoard or "wealth deposit" is an archaeological term for a collection of valuable objects or artifacts, sometimes purposely buried in the ground, in which case it is sometimes also known as a cache. This would usually be with the intention of ...
was discovered in the area in 1897, including two of the known specimens of
Audulf's
tremisses. The coins are believed to date to around the year 600, at the end of the
Migration Period
The Migration Period ( 300 to 600 AD), also known as the Barbarian Invasions, was a period in European history marked by large-scale migrations that saw the fall of the Western Roman Empire and subsequent settlement of its former territories ...
.
The St Lambert's Church was built between 1863 and 1865 as a replacement of an earlier church. It was extended in 1930. The town hall was built in 1876 in
neoclassic style. The
stepped gable was added around 1900.
Escharen was home to 244 people in 1840.
Escharen was a separate municipality until 1942, when its territory was divided between Grave and
Mill en Sint Hubert
Mill en Sint Hubert () is a former municipality in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands.
Mill en Sint Hubert, Boxmeer, Cuijk, Grave, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.
Populatio ...
.
In 2022, it became part of
Land van Cuijk.
Gallery
File:20100724-072 Escharen - Pomp.jpg, Village pump
File:Escharen, ancienne brasserie.JPG, Bar restaurant
File:Escharen, l'ancienne mairie.JPG, Former town hall
References
Citations
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External links
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Populated places in North Brabant
Former municipalities of North Brabant
Geography of Land van Cuijk
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