Cuijk en Sint Agatha

Last updated

Cuijk en Sint Agatha is a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It covered the villages of Cuijk and Sint Agatha.

On September 4, 1315, a document mentioned a kapel van Sint Agatha onder Kuycbrockele. The Crosier Monastery was founded around 1371. Sint Agatha functioned as an independent village, until it was added to the municipality of Cuijk in 1810, after which the municipality was called Cuijk en Sint Agatha. Cuijk en Sint Agatha merged in 1994 with Beers and Haps, to form the new municipality "Cuijk". [1] Since 2022 Cuijk has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk.

The Monastery of Saint Agatha was founded around 1371. Many missionaries were trained in this monastery, which is the oldest inhabited monastery in the Netherlands. [2]

In June 2006, after a renovation of the monastery, some rooms were taken into use by the Erfgoedcentrum Nederlands Kloosterleven (EDK) (Heritage Centre for Dutch Monastic Life), which houses the heritage collections of many monastic communities. [3] The Centre chiefly houses monastic archive documents, but also preserves and provides access to related books and artefacts. [4] The Order of the Holy Cross themselves also house their heritage collections in Saint Agatha.

Related Research Articles

Maastricht City and municipality in Limburg, Netherlands

Maastricht is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the Meuse, at the point where the Jeker joins it. Mount Saint Peter (Sint-Pietersberg) is largely situated within the city's municipal borders. Maastricht is adjacent to the border with Belgium. It is part of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, a metropolis with a population of about 3.9 million, which includes the nearby German and Belgian cities of Aachen, Liège and Hasselt.

North Brabant Province of the Netherlands

North Brabant, 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 the west, and the Flemish provinces of Antwerp and Limburg to the south. The northern border follows the Meuse westward to its mouth in the Hollands Diep strait, part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. North Brabant has a population of 2,562,566 as of November 2019. Major cities in North Brabant are Eindhoven, Tilburg, Breda and its provincial capital 's-Hertogenbosch.

Zwolle City and municipality in Overijssel, Netherlands

Zwolle is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel. Zwolle is located on the border with Gelderland, which follows the river IJssel, not far from Flevoland to the northwest and Drenthe to the northeast. With a population of 130,173 as of 1 July 2021, it is the second-largest municipality in Overijssel after Enschede.

Boekel Municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

Boekel is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands.

Boxmeer Town and former municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

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.

Cuijk (municipality) Municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

Cuijk is a former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Cuijk, Boxmeer, Grave, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.

Mill en Sint Hubert Former municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

Mill en Sint Hubert is a former municipality in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands.

Sint Anthonis Town and former municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

Sint Anthonis is a town and former municipality in the southern Netherlands in the Province of North Brabant. The locals refer to the town as Sint Tunnis. An inhabitant is called a "Sintunnisenaar". The former municipality had a population of 11,606 in 2019. Sint Anthonis, Boxmeer, Cuijk, Grave, and Mill en Sint Hubert merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.

Sint-Oedenrode Town in North Brabant, Netherlands

Sint-Oedenrode is a town in the province of North Brabant.

Grave, Netherlands City and former municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

Grave is a city and former municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The former municipality had a population of 12,483 in 2019. Grave is a member of the Dutch Association of Fortified Cities.

Gemert is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel.

Saeftinghe Lost town in Zeeland, Netherlands

Saeftinghe or Saaftinge was a town in the southwest Netherlands, located in eastern Zeelandic Flanders, near Nieuw-Namen. It existed until 1584. It is now a swamp known as the Drowned Land of Saeftinghe and an official nature reserve area. The land is a crosspoint where the river Scheldt meets the salty waters of the North Sea in the estuary Western Scheldt. It is a treacherous place where the tides easily consume large stretches of land in a matter of seconds and must not be explored without an experienced guide.

EDK may refer to:

Linden, North Brabant Place in North Brabant, Netherlands

Linden is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the former municipality of Cuijk, about 10 km south of Nijmegen.

Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It was created in 1821, in a merger of Oploo and Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker. The municipality existed until 1994, when it became part of a larger municipality called St. Anthonis, changed into Sint Anthonis after a short time.

Mill is a village in the former Dutch municipality of Mill en Sint Hubert, in the province of North Brabant. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk.

Caribbean Netherlands Overseas region of the Netherlands

The Caribbean Netherlands are the three special municipalities of the Netherlands that are located in the Caribbean Sea. They consist of the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, although the term "Caribbean Netherlands" is sometimes used to refer to all of the islands in the Dutch Caribbean. In legislation, the three islands are also known as Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba or the BES islands. The islands are currently classified as public bodies in the Netherlands and as overseas countries and territories of the European Union; thus, EU law does not automatically apply.

Crosier Monastery, Maastricht

The Crosier Monastery or Monastery of the Crutched Friars is a former monastery of the Order of the Holy Cross in Maastricht, Netherlands. The well-preserved convent buildings house a five-star hotel, the Kruisherenhotel. It is a rare example of a Gothic monastery in the Netherlands, having survived more or less in its entirety. The buildings from the 15th and 16th century constitute three listed buildings (Rijksmonuments). The more or less intact monastery archive is unique in the Netherlands.

Cuijk Town in North Brabant, Netherlands

Cuijk is a town in the northeastern part of the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, 13 km south of Nijmegen. Cuijk, which had a population of 18,170 as of 2020, was the centre of an eponymous municipality, which ceased to exist on 1 January 2022, when it was replaced by the larger Land van Cuijk municipality.

Land van Cuijk is a future 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 is set to come into existence on 1 January 2022.

References

  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten , KNAW, 2011.
  2. "Geschiedenis". Klooster Sint Agatha (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  3. "Erfgoedcentrum Nederlands Kloosterleven". www.erfgoedkloosterleven.nl. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  4. "Het Erfgoedcentrum Nederlands Kloosterleven". www.erfgoedkloosterleven.nl. Retrieved 2021-04-01.

Coordinates: 51°43′N5°53′E / 51.717°N 5.883°E / 51.717; 5.883