Holthees
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Holthees is a very small town in the municipality of Boxmeer
on the border of the Dutch
provinces North Brabant
and Limburg
. It has 447 inhabitants (2005) and 167 houses (2005)
The name Holthees was found for the first time in 1359. It is a composition of the German words hulta (wood) and hees (forest of thicket)
Holthees forms a small community with Smakt
Boxmeer
Boxmeer is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. It incorporates the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek.- Population centres :...
on the border of the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
provinces North Brabant
North Brabant
North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...
and Limburg
Limburg (Netherlands)
Limburg is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by the province of Gelderland to the north, Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and part of the west, andthe Dutch province of North Brabant partly to...
. It has 447 inhabitants (2005) and 167 houses (2005)
The name Holthees was found for the first time in 1359. It is a composition of the German words hulta (wood) and hees (forest of thicket)
Holthees forms a small community with Smakt