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Groeningen is a village in 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 ...
in the 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 ...
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History

The village is first mentioned in 1459 as Grunenhem, and means "settlement of the people of Gruno (person)". Groeningen is an agricultural community which centred around a triangular pasture with a pool of drinking water. The Castle de Voirt was built in the 16th century. It was demolished in 1806, and replaced by a farm in 1839. A chapel was built in Groeningen in the 15th century, but the village did not become an independent parish. Groeningen was home to 443 people in 1840. The village used to part of the municipality of Vierlingsbeek. In 1998, it became part of
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 ...
, and in 2022,
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 ...
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Gallery

File:Spoorstraat 28, gevels - Groeningen - 20091780 - RCE.jpg, Houses in Groeningen File:Canal boats (7965522058).jpg, Canal boats in Groeningen File:Groeningen-hultenhoek-208395.jpg, Farm in Groeningen File:Groeningen-groeningsestraat-208394.jpg, House in Groeningen


References

Populated places in North Brabant Geography of Land van Cuijk {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub