Haelen ( Dutch: [ˈɦaːlə(n)] ; Limburgish : Hale ) is a town in the south-eastern Netherlands .
5-606: The village was first mentioned in 1224 as "Gregorio (de) Haele", and means "bend of the highland". Haelen developed along the Haelense Beek. It used to belong to the County of Horne , and later became part of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège . In 1679, it became an independent heerlijkheid . Aldengoor Castle was first mentioned in 1212. One tower from 15th century remains, the other three towers were destroyed during
10-464: A siege in 1598 by the Dutch Republic . During the 17th and 18th century, it was enlarged with two wings. In 1903, it was used as a monastery. In 1977, a museum was housed in the castle, and it has become private property since 1996. In 2006, a bed and breakfast opened in the castle. The Catholic St Lambertus Church is a three aisled church built between 1953 and 1955 to replace the church which
15-457: The communes of Neer, Nunhem, Haelen, Buggenum, Roggel, Heythuysen, Horne, Beegden, Geystingen and Ophoven. It was suppressed in 1795, when it was occupied by the French , and it became part of the French département Meuse-Inférieure . Circles est. 1500: Bavarian , Swabian , Upper Rhenish , Lower Rhenish–Westphalian , Franconian , (Lower) Saxon This Dutch-history -related article
20-517: The village Horn , west of Roermond . The residence of the counts of Horne was moved from Horn to Weert in the 15th century. After the execution in 1568 of Philip de Montmorency who died without male heirs, the Prince-Bishop of Liège , as suzerain of Horne, was declared the direct lord and new count. The bishops ruled the county in personal union. Horne maintained its own laws and customs as well as its financial autonomy. The county included
25-480: Was destroyed in 1944. Haelen was home to 374 people in 1840. Until it became a part of Leudal on 1 January 2007 Haelen was a separate municipality, and included the villages of Buggenum , Horn , and Nunhem . County of Horne Horne (also Horn , Hoorn or Hoorne ) is a small historic county of the Holy Roman Empire in the present day Netherlands and Belgium . It takes its name from
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