Venhorst

Venhorst
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Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Boekel
Population (1 January 2007)
• Total	1,631
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

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Sint-Josefkerk Venhorst

Venhorst is a village in the municipality of Boekel.

History

The mining town was founded as Sint-Jozefpeel after the large-scale Peel reclamation began, that is after 1920. In 1934 the parish church was consecrated: even now the existing Sint-Jozef church.

In particular, the PTT insisted on renaming the village, to avoid confusion with other places. From 1936 the village was called Venhorst, after the many fens that occurred in the area and the horst on which the village lay.

Gradually the village grew. There was a modest middle class and small business in the still predominantly agricultural village, where now the grandscale pigfarming and related services are central. Venhorst located near the busy Middenpeelweg.

Despite the limited size of the village there is still a thriving society, consisting of a fanfare, a shooting club, a folk dance, a choir, various sports clubs, etc..

A local party called: Gemeenschapsbelang Venhorst (Community Interest Venhorst), serves on the council of Boekel.