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Hoeve Nieuwenhuis in Gemert

The Hoeve Nieuwenhuis is a foundation of the Teutonic Order in the south-west of De Mortel.

Helling in de Lochterweg | De Mortel

If you look from west to east across Lochter Road, you will see a slope in the road. The differen...

Paal op De Sijp | Gemert

Kapel Ossenkapel | Handel

This chapel was built on the site of the Marian miracle of Handel. Handel is the oldest Marian pi...

Natuurgebied Beestenveld | De Rips

The Beestenveld is a forest area of about 362 ha owned by the Forestry Commission.

Voormalige Komschool | Gemert

One of the old village schools, from 1877 that incidentally lasted until 1978.

Tereijken, buurtschap Gemert

The hamlet of Tereijken originated from a single medieval farmstead.

Pastorie | De Rips

This large rectory is of the oldest buildings in this reclamation village and housing for several...

Klooster De Weyst | Handel

This monastery is part of a largely Boekel-based complex that includes the Netherlands' first ins...

De voormalige hoeve Hazeldonk

The Hazeldonk is a vanished medieval farmstead surrounded by a moat.

Grenspaal Bunthorst Paal (Kuil)

The easternmost boundary marker in the Peel between Gemert and Bakel. Also the border with Oploo....

Rijkswerkkamp de Rips (infopaneel versie)

State work camp De Rips served in various forms from 1940 to early 1948. A motley procession of r...

Bolle Akkers, Bakel

These bulging bare fields are the result of centuries of peat and manure being raised by poor Pee...

Kapel Sint Antonius | Gemert

This field chapel of the Guild of St. Anthony and Sebastian dates back to 1564 and is still part...

Boerderij: De Sijp, Elsendorp

From this house, the reclamation of the De Sijp estate was regulated. Indeed, this estate was par...

Boerderij: De Sparrenhof, De Rips

Built in 1959, Sparrenhof was the last farm to rise on the reclaimed land of the Roelvink brothers.

Gehucht: Esdonk

Esdonk is a chapel hamlet, a cluster of farms, first mentioned in the 13th century to which a cha...

Molen Laurentia

There are several indications that the mill used to be a polder mill in Bleskensgraaf. In 1965, t...

Wit-gele-kruis

This building housed the Witgelegele Kruis, founded in Brabant. A health care society where nuns...

Kapel Mariakapel | Milheeze

Sizeable field chapel built in 1938, to mark the 40th anniversary of J.P. Simonis' priesthood and...

Natuurgebied De Aarlesche Peel | De Rips

Aarlesche Peel was named after the municipality of Aarle-Rixtel which obtained ownership of this...

WWII: Loopgraven in de Klotterpeel | De Rips

At this site lie the last remnants of the trenches that were zigzagged through the Peel just befo...

WWII: Koordekanaal in het Beestenveld | De Rips

The Koorde Canal was dug in 1939 as an addition to the Peel-Raamstelling with the Defense Canal....

Mysteries van Gemert (deel 2)

Ad Otten on all kinds of historical facts from local history under the heading Mysteries of Gemer...