Kessel, Limburg

Kessel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɛsəl] (listen)) is a former municipality and a city in the southeastern province of Limburg in the Netherlands. It is a small historic municipality with about 4,246 residents. It merged with neighboring municipalities in the new municipality of Peel en Maas (as of January 1, 2010). To the west are the Heldense Bossen (Helden Forest) and to the east is the Maas river.

This article is about a city in the Netherlands. For other uses, see Kessel (disambiguation).
Kessel
City and former municipality
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Coordinates: 51°17′N 6°03′E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceLimburg
MunicipalityPeel en Maas
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.kessellimburg.nl/

It has a small historic city center with a castle and a historic market place. To the south is the Kessel-Eik neighbourhood with the Eikelenpeel and Musschenberg.

History

The d'Ewes baronets of Stowlangtoft , England are descended from Gerard D'Ewes, Lord of Kessel, at that time part of Duchy of Gelderland.[1]

References
  1. Sir Richard Gipps On the Ancient Families of Suffolk, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archæology and Natural History, 1874, p.155


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