Kessel, Limburg
![Flag of Kessel](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Kessel_vlag.svg/100px-Kessel_vlag.svg.png)
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Kessel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɛsəl] ⓘ) is a former municipality and a city in the southeastern province of Limburg, in the Netherlands. It is a small historic municipality with 4,246 residents. It merged with neighbouring municipalities in the new municipality of Peel en Maas (as of 1 January 2010). To the west are the Heldense Bossen (Helden Forest) and to the east is the Meuse river.
It has a small historic city center with a castle and a historic marketplace. To the south is the Kessel-Eik neighbourhood with the Eikelenpeel and Musschenberg.
History
The d'Ewes baronets of Stowlangtoft, England are descended from Gerard D'Ewes, Lord of Kessel, at that time part of Duchy of Gelderland.[3]
Gallery
- Ruins of Keverberg Castle
- Ferry across the Maas
- Estate Oeverberg
- Windmill St Anthoniusmolen
References
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
two entries
- ^ "Postcodetool for 5995AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ Sir Richard Gipps On the Ancient Families of Suffolk, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archæology and Natural History, 1874, p.155 [1]
External links
Media related to Kessel, Limburg at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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