’n sjöpke beer, en hebbe weej ouch vuël plezeer! En Joes, dae haet zô’n lollig vrouwke, die duit t’r sôkker in, die duit t’r sôkker in. Al in det beer, al in det beer, die duit t’r sôkker al in det beer! Translation: When we to Tegele return, We'll go and see Potato Nelke Where we'll knock back a pint of beer and have some good old fashioned cheer! And Joës's lady is a joker, She puts some sugar in, she puts some sugar in Our pint of beer, our pint of beer, She puts some sugar in our beer! Former mayors 1798-1806 G.J. Antoon Thijssen (function formerly known as Agent and after that, Maire) 1807 Balthasar Hasenbach 1807-1808 Willem Houba (Maire provisoire) 1808-1815 Jean Guillaume Kamp (Maire) 1815-1817 No mayor; Prussian 1817-1830 Jean Guillaume Kamp (function formerly known as Maire and after that, Schout) 1831-1836 Jan Josef Ronck (function is called Mayor from now on) 1836-1848 Peter van Leipsig 1848 Peter Kurstjens (acting Mayor) 1848-1852 Gerardus Johannes de Rijc 1852-1862 Louis Pierre Quillaume Hubert de Rijk 1862 Jan van Leipsig (acting Mayor) 1862-1868 Jacob Beelen 1888-1906 Karel de Rijk 1906-1921 W.R. Carel van Basten Batenburg 1921-1927 Martin Willem J. Coenders 1927-1944 Mr. Felix Marie Casper Pesch 1944-1945 Ortsgruppenführer Potthof 1945-1960 Mr. Felix Marie Casper Pesch 1961-1979 Mr. Eugène G.G.M. Rutten 1979-1981 Niek Goossens (Deputy Mayor) 1981-2000 Drs. Piet J.M. Visschers, final mayor Born in Tegelen Toine Ambaum (*1941), lexicographer Carla Beurskens (*1952), athlete Huub Beurskens, writer Caspar Franssen, architect André van den Heuvel, actor Chantal Janzen (*1979), musical star and actress Jeffrey Menick (*1970), networking professor Nick Muller (*1991), vlaai manager Ted Noten (*1956), jewellery designer and conceptual artist Frans Pollux, singer Marlou Propst (*1989), marketing specialist Huub Stapel, actor Theo Thurlings, politician Ben Verbong, film director Mariet Verbong (1939–2006), writer Sjors Verdellen, football player Myra Ward (1916–1990), actress Max Warmerdam (born 2000), chess player Sources A.J. Welschen 2000-2005: Course Dutch Society and Culture, International School for Humanities and Social Studies ISHSS, Universiteit van Amsterdam External links Korte geschiedenis van Tegelen Website van de gemeente Venlo Website van keramiek centrum De Tiendschuur Enkele foto's statue of pub owners Boroughs of Venlo Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001