Beek is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Berg en Dal, about 5 km east of Nijmegen. It was sometimes referred to as "Beek (bij Nijmegen)" or "Beek-Ubbergen" because there are several villages in the Netherlands called Beek.[3]
Beek | |
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  Beek Location in the province of Gelderland  Beek Beek (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 51°49′45″N 5°55′33″E / 51.82917°N 5.92583°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Municipality | Berg en Dal |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.41 km2 (1.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 3,665 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6573[1] |
| Dialing code | 024 |
History
editIt was first mentioned in 814–815 as Bechi, and means brook.[4] The village dates from the early Middle Ages and was an agricultural community. In 1840, it was home to 715 people.[3] In the late 19th century it became a popular place to build villas.[5]
The tower of the Saint Bartholomew's Church has elements which probably date from the 11th century. The current layout dates from 1650. Between 1948 and 1950, it was extensively repaired due to war damage.[5]
Beek was a separate municipality until 1 January 1818, when it merged with "Ooij en Persingen" forming the municipality of Ubbergen.[6] On 1 January 2015 "Ubbergen", "Groesbeek" and "Millingen aan de Rijn" merged into the enlarged municipality of Groesbeek,[7] renamed Berg en Dal from 1 January 2016.[8]
Geology
editBeek is part of the Lower Rhine Heights, a cross-border moraine that was formed in the penultimate Ice Age (the Saale glaciation), by the impoundments of glaciers and glacier tongues coming from the northeast.
Nature
editThe Kabouterboom is a chestnut (castanea sativa) in the valley of Beek. The tree dates from the 17th century, and has a trunk of 8 to 9 metres, and is the thickest tree of the Netherlands.[9]
Notable people
edit- Sebastiaan Tromp (1889–1975), Jesuit priest, theologian[10]
- Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (1944–2023), politician[11]
Gallery
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Hotel 't Spijker -
Rijksstraatweg -
The former Municipal Electricity Works, where electricity was generated for the tram to Berg en Dal and Nijmegen. -
Tower and entrance of Bartholomew's Church
References
edit- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 6573AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Beek (Ubbergen)". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Beek - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ a b Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). Beek (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. p. 108. ISBN 90-400-9406-3. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina". Archived from the original on 2007-07-12. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Gemeente Berg en Dal". internetgemeentegids.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Per 1 januari 2015 393 gemeenten". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS, Statistics Netherlands). Retrieved 4 August 2019. (in Dutch)
- ^ "Kabouterboom Beek". Bomenbieb (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Sebastiaan Tromp". Volg Concilie (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Mr. B.J.M. (Berend-Jan) baron van Voorst tot Voorst". Dutch Parliament (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
