"Boxtel, centre of Brabant's "Meijerij"" Boxtel by Pavlik_NL

Boxtel Travel Guide: 10 reviews and 25 photos

Saint Petrus-church in the centre of Boxtel

For three years my destiny

When my former employer murge with two other companies in the same industry, the large meat and cattlecompany Dumeco came into being. New headquarters: Boxtel, which ment for me a considerable long daily travel to and from work (85 kilometres x 2).
At first the new collegues were little distant to one another, but when the ice broke it got quiet cosy in a new and pretty differnt group of people.

Also the environment of Brabant's "Meijereij" (a former county) has it's specific highlights, which I was offered to explore. Collegues and new friends showed me around and there was of course the (famous) Bourgondian lifestyle of the Brabander, that had it's great advantages (as well as some big questionmarks).
Boxtel used to be a agricultural oriented village until the times of industrialisation, when it was fast in modernising and taking up some industries here. It grew to a townsize in between the bigger brothers Eindhoven (most classic example of industrial growth in The Netherlands) and the capitol of Northern Brabant: Den Bosch (or 's-Hertogenbosch).

Ugly little ducklin'

Weapon/flag of Boxtel

The weapon/flag of Boxtel shows five banners (red/silver) with eight golden ducks. Saint Petrus (Peter) in gold, holding two keys. The village of Boxtel got this weapon from the earl's of Cuijk (further North), that possessed these parts of Brabant. The exact meaning has not (yet) been explaned.

The ducks in the weapon explane why with caraval the town is called "Eendengat" (=duckvillage).

Roman Catholic influences always present

Saint Anna's chapel, the turnaround of my life

One of the differences between Brabant (and Limburg) is the fact that these provinces are in majority Roman Catholic. This is also very obviously to be seen if one opens his/her eyes for it as on many crossroads there are little cross-statues, prayingplaces and chapels. This historical influence also is one of the main drives behind the widely and intensively cemebrated carnaval in these provinces. north of the rivers in The Netherlands, this is less or not celebrated at all (except for the few Catholic "missionary" towns and villages.

Intro Updated Jul 20, 2003
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Recreational area the "Langspier" - Boxtel

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Mique Nov 29, 2003 at 2:38 PM

Heb morgen een eetafspraak in Boxtel en moest even kijken wat er allemaal te doen is daar... ;-)
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tessy May 2, 2003 at 12:59 PM

Wow, I'm the first to rate that beautiful little place. I think that Boxtel and the town where I was born are partners?! Natural reserve of Kampina is a place I wanna explore