Vredepeel
Vredepeel is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg, in the municipality of Venray, with a population of 230. It is home to the Royal Netherlands Army's Joint Ground-based Air Defense Command.
The village was first mentioned in 1712 as "in de Vreeij", and refers to the peace pole. The pole was placed after the Dutch Republic and Prussia reached an agreement in 1716 about the borders in the disputed area. In 1949, the last border correction occurred in the area. The village was officially founded on 16 June 1955, and in 1957, the airport was built which is nowadays known as Lieutenant General Best Barracks.
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 5816AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ Fiorenza, Nicholas (April 10, 2018). "Germany, the Netherlands integrate GBAD". Jane's Information Group.
The Luftwaffe's Flugabwehrraketengruppe (Surface-to-Air Missile Group: SAM-Group) 61, based in Todendorf, northern Germany, was subordinated to the Dutch Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) Command in Vredepeel, the Netherlands, on 4 April, the Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Luftwaffe announced afterwards.
- ^ "Vredepeel - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Vredepeel". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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