Boxtel

Template:Infobox settlement Boxtel (Template:IPA) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The name derives from Buchestelle and is presumably a combination of 'stelle' (Dutch for stable, safe place) and (deer) buck.<ref>2019. Etymologiebank.Nl. Accessed April 27 2019. [1].</ref>

This is the origin of the Van Boxtel family, which has numerous descendants in North Brabant.

The town was the site of the Battle of Boxtel fought in September 1794 during the Flanders campaign. It is often principally remembered as the first battle of the future Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley.

Population centres

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Boxtel, 2021

Notable residents

José van Dijck (born 1960) a new media author and academic
Teun Voeten (born 1961) a Dutch photojournalist and cultural anthropologist
Marcel Wanders (born 1963) a Dutch designer and art director
Dianne van Giersbergen (born 1985 in Liempde) a spinto soprano and singer-songwriter
Sam Feldt (born 1993) a Dutch DJ and record producer

Sport

Jeroen Delmee (born 1973) a field hockey player and twice Olympic champion
Bas van Erp (1979–2016) a Dutch wheelchair Paralympic tennis player
Frank van der Struijk (born 1985) a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps
Michael van Gerwen (born 1989) a Dutch professional, 3-time World Darts Champion
Glenn Schuurman (born 1991) a Dutch field hockey player, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Silvinho Esajas (born 2002) a Dutch professional footballer