Luyksgestel () is a village in the

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 ...

. It is located 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 ...

, within the municipality of Bergeijk.

History

It was first mentioned in 1343 as Gastel, and means "guest house". Luik (French: Liège) has been added to distinguish from

Moergestel Moergestel () is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Oisterwijk, about 7 km East of Tilburg. History The village was first mentioned in 1147 as Gestele, and means "guest house". Moer (moo ...

. For centuries, Luyksgestel was a part of the territories of the

Southern Netherlands The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the ...

(present-day Belgium and surroundings). Until the French revolution it was an exclave of the

Bishopric of Liège In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

. Subsequently, until 1819, it belonged to the United kingdom of the Netherlands' province of

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

, and only then it was transferred to where it currently belongs: the province of North Brabant, in exchange for

Lommel Lommel () is a municipality and city in the Belgian province of Limburg. Lying in the Kempen, it has about 34,000 inhabitants and is part of the arrondissement of Maaseik. Besides the residential town, Lommel also has a number of nature reserv ...

, a neighbouring Brabantian town that was put into the province of Limburg. Luyksgestel was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of the municipality Bergeijk.

People Born in Luyksgestel

Harrie Lavreysen Harrie Lavreysen (born 14 March 1997) is a Dutch track cyclist who competes in sprint events. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, having won the sprint and team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and adding the sprint, the team spr ...

Gallery

File:Luyksgestel, windkorenmolen De Deen RM26323 foto3 2012-09-16 16.20.jpg, Luyksgestel, windmill: grist mill De Deen File:De Kiosk Dorpstraat Luyksgestel.jpg, Bandstand File:Dorpstraat 50, Luyksgestel.jpg, House in Luykgestel File:Dorpstraat 59, Luyksgestel.jpg, House in Luykgestel

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997 Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Bergeijk {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub