Heythuysen

{{Infobox settlement | name = Heythuysen | native_name = {{native name|li|Heitse}} | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = File:Heythuysen - Op de Bos 2 Klooster van de Witte Paters van Sint Charles.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Retirement home and former monastery of the White Fathers of St Charles | image_flag = | image_shield = | image_map = | image_map1 = | pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Limburg | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Leudal | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6093AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 25 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = 28 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 27.55 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 6,545 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 6093<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0475 | blank_name_sec1 = Transport | blank1_name_sec1 = Major roads | blank1_info_sec1 = N279 | coordinates = {{Coord|51|15|N|5|54|E|region:NL_type:city|display=title}} }} '''Heythuysen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɛitˌɦœyzə(n)|lang|137 Heythuysen.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Heitse}}) is a town in the south-eastern Netherlands.

== History == It was first mentioned in 1383 as Heythusen, and means "houses on the heath". It was located on the road from Venlo to Antwerp,<ref name="etym"/> and between the Bevelandse beek and the Tungelroyse beek.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu08_01/sten009monu08_01_0066.php |title=Heythuysen |author=Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9623 6 |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> In 1243, it became a border town for the County of Horne. In 1680, Heythuysen became an independent ''heerlijkheid''.<ref name="etym">{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/heythuysen |title=Heythuysen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

The Catholic St Nicolaas Church is a three-aisled church which was built shortly after 1504. In 1847, the current Gothic Revival tower was built. In 1927, the church was enlarged.<ref name="monument"/>

Heythuysen was home to 275 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats"/> Until it became a part of Leudal on 1 January 2007, Heythuysen was a separate municipality, including the villages of Baexem, Grathem and Kelpen-Oler.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web |url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/heythuysen |title=Heythuysen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425073050/https://www.plaatsengids.nl/heythuysen |url-status=dead }}</ref> Heythuysen is home of the Grand Café Tom Tom.

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Heythuysen, de Sint Antoniusmolen RM22123 foto3 2013-04-14 14.02.jpg|Windmill: de Sint Antoniusmolen File:Heythuysen - Dorpstraat 16-18 Woonhuis (1930).jpg|Building in Heythuysen File:Heythuysen-Sint-Nicolaaskerk (4).jpg|St Nicolaas Church File:Heythuysen - Notaris Ruttenlaan 17 Basisschool De Beukenhof.jpg|School in Heythuysen </gallery>

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Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2007 Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Category:Leudal