Maasbree

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Maasbree
Location of Maasbree
Country Netherlands
Province Limburg
Area (2006)
 - Total 49.93 km² (19.3 sq mi)
 - Land 49.48 km² (19.1 sq mi)
 - Water 0.45 km² (0.2 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
 - Total 12,834
 - Density 259/km² (670.8/sq mi)
  Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Maasbree (pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a town in southeastern Netherlands. Until 1818, the municipality was just called "Bree".[1]

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[edit] History

In the Middle Ages Maasbree and Baarlo belonged to the duchy of Guelders. Around 1702, at the time of the War of the Spanish Succession Maasbree was occupied by Prussia and remained Prussian until 1814. In 1815 Maasbree became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Maasbree used to be a fiefdom with a castle called Huis Bree, which has meanwhile disappeared.

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Coordinates: 51°21′N, 6°03′E

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.
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