Someren-Eind is a small town, located in the southeast of 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 :...

, Netherlands

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...

. It's a part of the gemeente Someren

Someren

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, counting 3510 residents by 2007. Someren-Eind is located near the Zuid-Willemsvaart

Zuid-Willemsvaart

The Zuid-Willemsvaart is a canal in the southern Netherlands, providing a shortcut in river Meuse between the cities of Maastricht and 's-Hertogenbosch...

, a canal that connects 's-Hertogenbosch and Maastricht

Maastricht

Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...

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History

Someren-Eind arose in 1878, when the town got its own independent parish. Before, the area had been a marsh and a part of 'de Groote Peel'. Peat workers lived in Someren-Eind, because it was closer to the marsh where they stabbed peat. After several years, people from the surrounding places started building a life in Someren-Eind. And so, the tiny town (with around 60 residents) started growing into a bigger town.

Church

Someren-Eind has got its own church, the 'Onze Lieve Vrouwe kerk'. On that church, one can see the text 'Laus tua finisterrae finisterrae adorabunte'. Finisterra (end of the world) is a quite vague definition for a community within 2 kilometres from its municipality. There are also two chapels, one is located at the Boerenkamplaan, the other at the Brugstraat. The one at the Brugstraat is the Lambertuskapel (chapel), the other one is the Sint-Jozef

Sint-Jozef

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kapel. Both of them have a special reason.

Nature and environment

Someren-Eind lies within poor heather reclamation. At the east of the Zuid-Willemsvaart lies a swampy district, and the valley of the Aa

Aa River (Meuse)

The Aa is a small river in The Netherlands. It rises near Meijel in the southeastern province of Limburg, in the Peel region. It flows northwest through the province of North Brabant towards 's-Hertogenbosch, roughly along the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal. In 's-Hertogenbosch, at the confluence of the...

, a small river. These parts are quite rough. At the northwest lies the Keelven, a forest with heather, swamps, lakes and of course trees.