Heythuysen (; ) is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in the south-eastern

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

History

It was first mentioned in 1383 as Heythusen, and means "houses on the heath". It was located on the road from

Venlo Venlo () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), ...

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, and between the Bevelandse beek and the Tungelroyse beek. In 1243, it became a border town for the

County of Horne Horne (also ''Horn'', ''Hoorn'' or ''Hoorne'') is a small historic county of the Holy Roman Empire in the present day Netherlands and Belgium. It takes its name from the village Horn, west of Roermond. The residence of the counts of Horne was m ...

. In 1680, Heythuysen became an independent ''

heerlijkheid A ''heerlijkheid'' (a Dutch language, Dutch word; pl. ''heerlijkheden''; also called ''heerschap''; Latin: ''Dominium'') was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and Judiciary, judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking ...

''. The Catholic St Nicolaas Church is a three-aisled church which was built shortly after 1504. In 1847, the current

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tower was built. In 1927, the church was enlarged. Heythuysen was home to 275 people in 1840. Until it became a part of

Leudal Leudal () is a municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. It was formed on 1 January 2007 in a merger of the municipalities of Heythuysen, Haelen, Hunsel, and Roggel en Neer. Population centres The munici ...

on 1 January 2007, Heythuysen was a separate municipality, including the villages of

Baexem Baexem () is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Leudal, and lies about 9 kilometres northwest of Roermond. History The village was first mentioned in 1244 as Baxen, and means "settlement of Bako (p ...

, Grathem and Kelpen-Oler. Heythuysen is home of the Grand Café Tom Tom.

Gallery

File:Heythuysen, de Sint Antoniusmolen RM22123 foto3 2013-04-14 14.02.jpg, Windmill: de Sint Antoniusmolen File:Heythuysen - Dorpstraat 16-18 Woonhuis (1930).jpg, Building in Heythuysen File:Heythuysen-Sint-Nicolaaskerk (4).jpg, St Nicolaas Church File:Heythuysen - Notaris Ruttenlaan 17 Basisschool De Beukenhof.jpg, School in Heythuysen

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2007 Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Leudal {{LimburgNL-geo-stub