Mariahout is a village 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 ...

in the south of 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 ...

, about 20 kilometers northeast 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 ...

. Mariahout has a population of about 1700 and is the smallest village of the municipality of

Laarbeek Laarbeek () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality located in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands. It was formed in 1997 from the former municipalities Beek en Donk, Aarle-Rixtel and Lieshout (which included ...

History

From 1920 onwards, the heath land in the western part of the municipality of

Lieshout Lieshout is a village located in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, about 15 kilometres northeast of Eindhoven. There are 4,300 inhabitants, and the village is known for its brewing company Swinkels Family Brewers. The s ...

was cultivated. Since then many new farmsteads were built that, together with an existing settlement, formed a new village community. This village was officially established in 1933 when it was given the name Mariahout. This name is a contraction of

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, the

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of the new

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, and Lieshout. Until 1997 Mariahout was a part of the municipality of Lieshout. When this municipality was abolished on 1 January 1997, the village became part of the new municipality of Laarbeek.Ad van der Meer, Onno Boonstra (2006), ''Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten 1812-2006'', The Hague, DANS,

Born in Mariahout

Guus Meeuwis Gustaaf Stephanus Modestus "Guus" Meeuwis (born 23 March 1972) is a Dutch singer-songwriter. As part of the band Vagant, he scored several hits in the Netherlands and Flanders during the 1990s and first decade of the 2000s. On 24 May 2015, Meeuwi ...

, (born 23 March 1972), a Dutch singer and songwriter

Gallery

File:T.T Pastorie Mariahout.JPG, Clergy house File:GEMEENSCHAPS HUIS - panoramio.jpg, Community house File:Mariahout Asperges - panoramio (1).jpg, Farm in Mariahout

References

Populated places in North Brabant Laarbeek {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub