Overloon

Overloon
Overloon
Coordinates: 51°34′N 5°57′E / 51.567°N 5.95°E / 51.567; 5.95
Country Netherlands
Province Noord-Brabant
Municipality Boxmeer
Population 3,600

Overloon, mun. Boxmeer, is a village in the Netherlands in the province of North Brabant. It is best known as the site of the National Museum of War and Resistance of the Netherlands, and for a World War II battle (Battle of Overloon) that occurred around the village in September and October 1944.

As a result most of the town was completely destroyed. In the decades after the war the town was rebuild and now is a home to approximately 3650 people.

In 2000 the town was given a new major tourist attraction the Zoo Parc Overloon.[1]

Sports

Overloon has an amateur football club named SSS'18. It also has a fierce rivalry with nearby Vierlingsbeek's club Volharding.

Gallery

  • Bearcat at the Zoo Parc Overloon

References

  1. ^ Overloonzoo.nl

Coordinates: 51°34′N 5°57′E / 51.567°N 5.95°E / 51.567; 5.95



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