Tegelen
Village in the municipality of Venlo, situated in the Netherlands.
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Venlo
City and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany.
In 2001, the municipalities of Belfeld and Tegelen were merged into the municipality of Venlo.
Tiglian
Temperate complex stage in the glacial history of Northern Europe.
The stage was introduced by Zagwijn in 1957 based on geological formations in Tegelen in southern Netherlands.
Duchy of Jülich
The Duchy of Jülich (Herzogtum Jülich; Hertogdom Gulik; Duché de Juliers) comprised a state within the Holy Roman Empire from the 11th to the 18th centuries.
In 1815, following the defeat of Napoleon, the duchy became part of the Prussian Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (after 1822 part of the Prussian Rhine Province), except for the cities Sittard and Tegelen, which became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Passion Play
Dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ: his trial, suffering and death.
De Passiespelen is a re-enactment of the Passion of the Christ taking place every year that is divisible by 5, e.g., in 2005 and 2010. It is performed in the open air in Openluchttheater De Doolhof, in Tegelen. It originated in 1931 and has become an internationally acclaimed event drawing visitors from all over the world.
Roer (department)
Department of the French First Republic and later First French Empire in present-day Germany and the Netherlands.
After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department was divided between the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (left bank of the Meuse and a strip along its right bank including Gennep, Tegelen and Sittard, in present-day Dutch Limburg) and the Kingdom of Prussia (Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, now part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Ted Noten
Dutch conceptual artist.
Born in the Dutch town of Tegelen in 1956, Noten explored careers such as bricklaying and nursing at a psychiatric hospital before applying to art school.
Sjors Verdellen
Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Born in Tegelen, Verdellen began his career in 1999 with VVV-Venlo, and later played with MVV Maastricht.
Theo Thurlings
Theodorus Lambertus Mathis Thurlings (Tegelen, 24 December 1916 – Wageningen, 10 September 1997) was a Dutch economist and politician.