Maarheeze 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 municipality of

Cranendonck Cranendonck () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southern Netherlands. Though located in North Brabant near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a West Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguisti ...

, about 15 km southeast of

Eindhoven Eindhoven ( ; ) is a city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also locat ...

, near the Belgian and the German borders.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1223 as in Marresia. The etymology is unclear. Maarheeze is a church village which developed in the Early Middle Ages. Maarheeze was home to 220 people in 1840. The Catholic St Gertrudis Church was built between 1909 and 1910 and has two towers. In 1913, a railway station was built in Maarheeze, however it closed in 1938 and the building was demolished in 1966. A new railway station was built in 2010. In 1955, a factory was opened by

Philips Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), simply branded Philips, is a Dutch multinational health technology company that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, its world headquarters have been situated in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarter ...

. Maarheeze used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Budel in 1997, and changed its name to Cranendonck. Though located in

near

, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a

Limburgish Limburgish ( or ; ; also Limburgian, Limburgic or Limburgan) refers to a group of South Low Franconian Variety (linguistics), varieties spoken in Belgium and the Netherlands, characterized by their distance to, and limited participation ...

dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an

East Brabantian East Brabantian ( or ) is one of the main divisions of the Brabantian dialect group recognized by the ''Woordenboek van de Brabantse dialecten''. East Brabantian dialects are mainly spoken in the eastern part of the province of North Brabant. Clas ...

dialect).Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants,

Notable people

* Wendy van Eijk, politician *

Sylvia Hoeks Sylvia Hoeks (; born 1 June 1983) is a Dutch actress and former model, best known internationally for her roles in ''Blade Runner 2049'' (2017) and '' The Girl in the Spider's Web'' (2018). Early life and education Hoeks was raised in Maarheez ...

, actress

References

Gallery

File:Aanzicht - Maarheeze - 20143329 - RCE.jpg, Street of Maarheeze File:Maarheeze - Kerkstraat 5 - Woonhuis.JPG, House in Maarheeze File:T.T Pastorie Maarheeze.JPG, Clergy house File:Station Maarheeze.jpg, Maarheeze railway station

External links

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