Sambeek is a village in the southern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It is located in the former municipality 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. In Overloon is the Overloon War Museum. Boxmeer, ...

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called 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 th ...

. Since 2022 it has been part of the new 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. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2022. It belongs to the r ...

History

Sambeek is a

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which developed on the river bank of the Maas in the Early Middle Ages. The tower of Sambeek is, with its height of 50 meters, the centre of the village. The oldest part of the tower dates from 1486. This tower was a part of the local

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church, which was blown up by the Germans in the

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. Their plan to blow up the tower failed, it was only slightly damaged. The St John the Baptish church was built as the replacement of the destroyed church in 1952, but is detached from the tower. The thickest

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in the Netherlands stands in the southern part of Sambeek. Its age is estimated at 500 to 1000 years. The former

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monastery was founded in 1874. In 1882, a wing with chapel was added in

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style. Sambeek was home to 703 people in 1840. It was an independent municipality until 1942, when the municipality was divided between Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker and

Vierlingsbeek Vierlingsbeek () is a village in the former municipality of Boxmeer in North Brabant province of the Netherlands. Until it was included in Boxmeer in 1998, it was a municipality of its own. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Lan ...

. The village was severely damaged in 1944 during

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. Sambeek became part of the municipality of

in 2022.

Gallery

File:Sambeek, de toren van de Sint Jan de Doperkerk RM10049 foto6 2015-11-02 13.56.jpg, Churchtower (St John the Baptist church) File:T.T Klooster Grotestraat 69 Sambeek 518530 (2).JPG, Former monastery of Sambeek Image:Lime tree in Sambeek 75dpi.jpg, The lime tree File:Veer aan de Maas - panoramio.jpg, Ferry across the Maas

References

{{Authority control Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Geography of Land van Cuijk