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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 ...

Cranendonck Cranendonck () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. Though located in North Brabant near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a West Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an East Brabantian diale ...

Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022, The Catholic John the Baptist Beheading Church is a Gothic Revival cruciform church built between 1836 and 1838. The tower was added between 1908 and 1910, and the

transept A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In cruciform churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building with ...

and

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which s ...

were redesigned in 1932. Soerendonk was home to 560 people in 1840. The village used to be part of the municipality Soerendonk, Sterksel en Gastel. In 1925, it was merged with

Maarheeze Maarheeze is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck, about 15 km southeast of Eindhoven, near the Belgian and the German borders. History The village was first mentioned in 122 ...

. In 1997, it became part of the municipality of

Cranendonck Cranendonck () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. Though located in North Brabant near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a West Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an East Brabantian diale ...

.

Cranendonck Castle

was built around 1250. In 1551, it became property of the

House of Orange-Nassau The House of Orange-Nassau ( Dutch: ''Huis van Oranje-Nassau'', ) is the current reigning house of the Netherlands. A branch of the European House of Nassau, the house has played a central role in the politics and government of the Netherland ...

by marriage. In 1673, it was blown up by the French, and only ruins remained. The ruins used to the

crown land Crown land (sometimes spelled crownland), also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown. It is the equivalent of an entailed estate and passes with the monarchy, being inseparable from it ...

, but became private property in 1820. In 1899, the remains were demolished and a villa was constructed at the site. In 1938, the villa was bought by the municipality of

Maarheeze Maarheeze is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck, about 15 km southeast of Eindhoven, near the Belgian and the German borders. History The village was first mentioned in 122 ...

and converted into town hall. It served as town hall from 1940 until 1997 when the municipality was merged with

Budel Budel is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck, 25 km outside Eindhoven. Kempen Airport is located near Budel. History It was first mentioned in 779 as in Budilio, and means "pl ...

into Cranendonck.

Notable people

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Toine van Mierlo Antonius Wilhelmus Matthias Theodore van Mierlo (born 24 August 1957), known in England as Tony van Mierlo, is a former Netherlands international footballer who played primarily as a left winger but can also play as a forward. Van Mierlo was bo ...

(born 1957), former Netherlands international footballer

Gallery

File:Johannes de Doperkerk (Soerendonk).jpg, John the Baptist Beheading Church File:Overblijfselen van het kasteel Kranendonk, RP-T-1921-221.jpg, Drawing of the ruins of the castle (1738-1739) File:Cranendonck 10, Soerendonk.jpg, Building in Soerendonk File:Dorpsstraat 26, Soerendonk - De Smederij.jpg, Former forge

References

{{Authority control Populated places in North Brabant Cranendonck