Maasbree

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Maasbree

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mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Limburg
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 49.93
area_land_km2 = 49.48
area_water_km2 = 0.45
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 12834
population_density_km2 = 259
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

Maasbree (Pronunciation|144 Maasbree.ogg) is a municipality and a town in southeastern Netherlands. Until 1818, the municipality was just called "Bree". [Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten]

Population centres

*Baarlo
*Maasbree

History

In the Middle Ages Maasbree and Baarlo belonged to the duchy of 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.

External links

* [http://www.maasbree.nl/ Official website]

References