Tour of Milsbeek, Cuijk, Boxmeer, Gennep

The cycle route first takes you through Milsbeek. The village of Milsbeek owes its name to a stream with rusty brown water, originating from a marshy peat (mil means rust-coloured water). Nowadays the stream is called the Kroonbeek. Have a cup of coffee in Boxmeer at Hotel- Cafe Restaurant't Vertrek. In the Middle Ages, the village of Mere was given in fief to Jan Boc de Mere, who lived in the castle. Boc\\\'s Mere became Boxmeer. In Sint Agatha you can see a white-painted stone belt mill, the Jan van Cuijk, which can still be seen in operation regularly. You cycle back via Cuijk. Relatively many people lived in this region hundreds of years before Christ. The Celts kept cattle, cultivated their land in a primitive way and lived in large wooden huts or barns.