Beers, North Brabant

"Beers, Netherlands" redirects here. For the village in Friesland, see Bears, Friesland.

Beers (Brabants: Bèèrs) is a village in the former Dutch municipality of Cuijk. It is located about 4 km west of Cuijk. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk.

Beers
Village
Catholic church
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 51°43′28″N 5°49′49″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Land van Cuijk
Area [1]
• Total	13.38 km2 (5.17 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	11 m (36 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,725
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5437[1]
Dialing code	0485

Beers has a population of about 1,721, of which 1,305 reside in the village itself, and 416 in the surrounding countryside, including the hamlets De Plaats and Dommelsvoort.^[3]

Until 1994, Beers was a separate municipality.^[4]

Toponymy

The name Beers might come from bere or baren, which can mean mud or stuff in Dutch.

History

Beers is first noted in a document that was written between 1050 and 1200. In it Beers was named Berse. The family Van Beerse was a vassal from the Lord of Cuijk, making Beers belong to the municipality of Cuijk. This vassal however, did own a small castle surrounded by a moat, named De Broekhof.

Around 1814, at the end of the French age and at the beginning of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Beers became a separate municipality. In 1942, Great-Linden and Gassel joined Beers. In 1994 the municipality of Beers was repealed. Gassel joined the municipality of Grave, North Brabant, while Beers and Great-Linden (today Linden, North Brabant) joined Cuijk.

Gallery

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  The former municipal hall of Beers.
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  Beers, church and statue of child dressed up as elderly woman
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  Bandstand
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  View on Beers