Sambeek
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Sambeek is a small town in the municipality of Boxmeer, (Brabant, the Netherlands). It has 1700 inhabitants. Sambeek was an independent municipality until 1942.
The tower of Sambeek is, with its height of 50 meters, the centre of the village. The oldest part of the tower dates from 1486. This tower was a part of the local Roman Catholic church, which was blown up by the Germans in the Second World War. Their plan to blow up the tower failed, it was only slightly damaged.
The oldest lime tree in the Netherlands stands in the southern part of Sambeek. Its age is estimated at 500 to 1000 years.
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