Maasbree
Maasbree
Bree | ||
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Town and former municipality | ||
 Horn Castle | ||
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Postal code 5993[1] | ||
| Dialing code | 077 | |
Maasbree (Dutch: Limburgish: Bree) is a former municipality and a town in southeastern Netherlands. Until 1818, the municipality was just called Bree in Dutch too.[3]
Population centres
- Baarlo
- Maasbree
History
In the
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.
The punk rock group Sex Pistols performed at Maf Centrum on 11 December 1977, as part of their Dutch Tour. This would be the last date of the tour, as the final 2 dates in Winschoten and Rotterdam were cancelled.
References
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 5993AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
External links
- Official website
Media related to Maasbree at Wikimedia Commons
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