Berlicum

Berlicum
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°40′N 5°23′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Noord-Brabant
Municipality	Sint-Michielsgestel
Population (1 January 2009)	9,743
Transport
Major roads	A59, A2, N279, N606

Berlicum is a village in the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant, located in the Meierij of 's-Hertogenbosch near the river Aa. The village was most likely founded between 600 and 700 AD. Up until a large-scale administrative reorganisation in the Netherlands it was a separate municipality along with the village Middelrode. In 1996 it merged with the municipality Sint-Michielsgestel, along with Den Dungen, Gemonde and Maaskantje. It's the second-largest village of the municipality after Sint-Michielsgestel. On 1 January 2009 Berlicum had 9743 inhabitants.

The village's center is the town square called the 'Mercuriusplein' around which most of the stores are located and which hosts a weekly market. There are two churches in the village: the 'Samen-op-Weg'-kerk and the R.K. Sint-Petruskerk. Both churches have a dark history: during the liberation at the end of the Second World War many historical buildings in Berlicum, including both churches, were destroyed. After WWII Berlicum became a commuter village.

Famous inhabitants

• Henk van de Tillaart (1965), famous for drinking a full bottle of liquid nitrogen in 1993
• Herman de Man (1898–1946), writer
• Miriam Oremans (1972), tennis player
• Esther Verhoef (1968), writer
• Jordens Peters (1987), soccer player
• Romijn Conen (1967), actor
• Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821–1909), painter
• Stef Doedée (1987), soccer goalkeeper

External links

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Berlicum". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

Gallery

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  Berlicum, former town hall De Plaets

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  Berlicum, church

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  Berlicum, modern art on a rondabout