Heythuysen

Template:Infobox settlement Heythuysen (Template:IPA; Template:Langx) is a town in the south-eastern Netherlands.

History

It was first mentioned in 1383 as Heythusen, and means "houses on the heath". It was located on the road from Venlo to Antwerp,<ref name="etym"/> and between the Bevelandse beek and the Tungelroyse beek.<ref name="monument">Template:Cite book</ref> In 1243, it became a border town for the County of Horne. In 1680, Heythuysen became an independent heerlijkheid.<ref name="etym">Template:Cite web</ref>

The Catholic St Nicolaas Church is a three-aisled church which was built shortly after 1504. In 1847, the current Gothic Revival tower was built. In 1927, the church was enlarged.<ref name="monument"/>

Heythuysen was home to 275 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats"/> Until it became a part of Leudal on 1 January 2007, Heythuysen was a separate municipality, including the villages of Baexem, Grathem and Kelpen-Oler.<ref name="plaats">Template:Cite web</ref> Heythuysen is home of the Grand Café Tom Tom.

Gallery

• Windmill: de Sint Antoniusmolen
  Windmill: de Sint Antoniusmolen
• Building in Heythuysen
  Building in Heythuysen
• St Nicolaas Church
  St Nicolaas Church
• School in Heythuysen
  School in Heythuysen

References

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