title: Kessel, Limburg
text: # Kessel, Limburg
  
  Kessel (Dutch pronunciation: (listen)) is a former municipality and a city in the southeastern province of Limburg, the Netherlands. It is a small historic municipality with about 4,246 residents. It merged with neighbouring municipalities in the new municipality of Peel en Maas (as of 1 January 2010). To the west are the Heldense Bossen (Helden Forest) and to the east is the Meuse river.
  
  It has a small historic city center with a castle and a historic market place. To the south is the Kessel-Eik neighbourhood with the Eikelenpeel and Musschenberg.
  
  ## History
  
  The d'Ewes baronets of Stowlangtoft, England are descended from Gerard D'Ewes, Lord of Kessel, at that time part of Duchy of Gelderland.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Ruins of Keverberg Castle
  * Ferry across the Maas
  * Estate Oeverberg
  * Windmill St Anthoniusmolen
  