Horst aan de Maas

Horst aan de Maas ( ltd. Haors aan de Maas ) is a municipality in the Netherlands, Limburg province. It has a total area of ​​122.55 km ². On 1 January 2013, the municipality had 41 795 inhabitants.

Places

Horst aan de Maas, which was formed in 2001 from the merger of three smaller communities, comprises the main town Horst, where the local council has its headquarters, and nine other villages: America, Broekhuizen, Broekhuizervorst, Griendtsveen, Grubbenvorst, Hegelsom, Lottum, Melderslo and Meterik. Since 1 January 2010 the former municipality Sevenum part (localities Sevenum, Kronenberg and Evertsoord ) and the localities Meerlo, Swolgen and Tienray the previous community Meerlo- Wanssum to the municipality.

Location and economic

The community is located just south of Venray, and 10 km northwest of Venlo. The motorway A73 Nijmegen -Venlo runs through the community. Just south of Horst a small train station is at the much -used railway line Eindhoven - Venlo.

Although Horst some industrial enterprises, including owns an agricultural machine and tractor factory of John Deere, garden and agriculture are the most important economic factor. In this case, each village has its specialty: Lottum has rose nurseries in Grubbenvorst one builds Asparagus (there is also a commercial center with auction hall for it) and Horst mushrooms are grown and you can learn this profession in a special school. Plus, there's pigsties, nurseries etc.

Tourism is also not insignificant given that Horst has several campsites, two parks of Center Parcs Group ( Het Meerdal and Loohorst Park ), adjacent to each other directly in the village of America, a large marina on the river Maas is planned in 2005.

History

The place was Horst, though under a different name, first attested in documents in 1219. Between about 1300 and 1840 there was a built by local lords castle. The community, which always lived by farming, belonged in the 15th century to the duchy of Guelders. It almost each of the villages had at times a certain independence under its own Lord who had his own castle. The castle ruins attest to that yet.

The second half of the 19th century brought the railway terminal ( 1866) and the profitable extraction of peat in the bog area "De Peel". During the Second World War there was because of the proximity of the Peel - Raam -position serious damage (see also Venray ). The famous gothic church of Horst was bombed on October 12, 1944 the church treasures were preserved, as they were hidden somewhere in time, and were re-erected in the new building in 1953.

Attractions

• In Grubbenvorst is held every year a large Asparagus Festival on a Saturday around 1 June.
• In Horst is a small museum.
• The many natural areas ( De Peel, Schuytwater, forest areas during the Maas) and picturesque castle ruins make the town a popular destination for hikers and cyclists.