# Haps

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Village in North Brabant, Netherlands

Haps Village Church of Haps Coat of arms Haps Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands Show map of North Brabant Haps Haps (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands Coordinates: 51°41′19″N 5°51′39″E / 51.68861°N 5.86083°E / 51.68861; 5.86083 Country Netherlands Province North Brabant Municipality Land van Cuijk Area [1] • Total 15.27 km2 (5.90 sq mi) Elevation [2] 12 m (39 ft) Population (2021)[1] • Total 2,860 • Density 187/km2 (485/sq mi) Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) Postal code 5443[1] Dialing code 0485

**Haps** is a village in the [Dutch](/source/Netherlands) province of [North Brabant](/source/North_Brabant). It is located in the former municipality of [Cuijk](/source/Cuijk_(municipality)), about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the town of [Cuijk](/source/Cuijk). Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of [Land van Cuijk](/source/Land_van_Cuijk).

## History

The village was first mentioned in 1201 as Hops. The etymology is unknown.[3] Haps is a village in brook valley and was first mentioned in 1301. It used to be a *[heerlijkheid](/source/Heerlijkheid)* belonging to [Boxmeer](/source/Boxmeer).[4]

The Catholic St Nicolas Church was built in 1899 in [Gothic Revival](/source/Gothic_Revival) style. Above the middle entrance is a [relief](/source/Relief) from the medieval church which was demolished in 1814.[4] The [grist mill](/source/Grist_mill) Mariamolen was built in 1802. It was moved to its current location in 1859 and enlarged. In 1969, it was sold to the municipality and restored in 1972. It is occasionally in service.[5]

Haps was home to 680 people in 1840.[3] In 1873, a railway station opened on the railway line from [Boxtel](/source/Boxtel) to [Wesel](/source/Wesel). The station closed in 1944, and the building was demolished in 1990.[6] Haps was a separate municipality until 1994, when it became a part of [Cuijk](/source/Cuijk).[7] In 2022, it became part of the municipality [Land van Cuijk](/source/Land_van_Cuijk).[3]

## Gallery

		- Wind mill Mariamolen

		- Brothel in Haps

		- [Pietà](/source/Piet%C3%A0) statue on the cemetery

		- Former railway station Haps

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-stat_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-stat_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-stat_1-2) ["Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021"](https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls). *Central Bureau of Statistics*. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-AHN_2-0)** ["Postcodetool for 5443AA"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool). *Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland* (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from [the original](http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-plaats_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-plaats_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-plaats_3-2) ["Haps"](https://www.plaatsengids.nl/haps). *Plaatsengids* (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 April 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-monument_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-monument_4-1) Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert (1997). [*Haps*](https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0076.php) (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [90-400-9945-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-400-9945-6). Retrieved 17 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Mariamolen"](https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=530). *Molen database* (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["halte Haps"](http://stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=haps&vraag=haps). *Stationsweb* (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, [Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten](https://ssh.datastations.nl/file.xhtml?fileId=10125&version=2.0), KNAW, 2011.

v t e Populated places in the municipality of Land van Cuijk Towns Boxmeer Cuijk Grave Villages Beert Beugen Escharen Gassel Groeningen Haps Holthees Katwijk [nl] Landhorst [nl] Langenboom Ledeacker [nl] Linden Maashees [nl] Mill Oeffelt Oploo Overloon Rijkevoort Sambeek Sint Agatha [nl] Sint Anthonis Sint Hubert Stevensbeek [nl] Velp Vianen [nl] Vierlingsbeek Vortum-Mullem [nl] Wanroij Westerbeek [nl] Wilbertoord [nl] Hamlets Heikant, Boxmeer Heikant, Overloon Heikant, Sambeek Heikant, Sint Anthonis Papenvoort List of cities, towns and villages in North Brabant

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