Oeffelt
| Oeffelt | |||
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 Boxmeer municipality, Oeffelt in pink | |||
| Coordinates: 51°41′N 5°56′E / 51.683°N 5.933°E | |||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Noord-Brabant | ||
| Municipality | Boxmeer | ||
| Population (1 January 2009) | 2,340 | ||
Oeffelt is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, part of the Boxmeer municipality, about 5 km north of Boxmeer town and 6 km west of the border with the German province North Rhine-Westphalia.
Oeffelt was a separate municipality until 1994, when it became part of Boxmeer.[1] The settlement Oeffelt was first mentioned in a document in 1075 as Uflo. This could be a combination from the Keltish words uffa (water) and ten (settlement), indicating a settlement by the Meuse river, which nowadays runs between Oeffelt on the west bank and Gennep – in the province of Limburg – on the east bank. The villages are connected by a bridge in the N264 road.
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Oeffelt, monumental house
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Oeffelt, church
References
- ↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oeffelt. |
- J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Oeffelt". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.
Coordinates: 51°42′N 5°57′E / 51.700°N 5.950°E