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De Schouw en Ter Schaut, Bakel

The hamlet of De Schouw originated from the medieval farmstead Ter Schaut. It was a farmstead wit...

Natuurgebied Handelse Bossen | Handel

The Handel drifting dunes began to cause considerable problems for the fields around 1800 due to...

WWII: Bazi-kamp (verdwenen) | De Rips

BAZI, a secret German radar station in the Peel.

Grenspaal Weijser Paal

A boundary post between Bakel and Gemert, placed by order of Charles the Fifth, Emperor of the Fr...

Slotje, Deel

Around 1435, squire Goyart van Lankveld built a moat house at this location. The last remnants of...

Virmuntse Hoeve

Former farmhouse, owned for centuries by the Teutonic Order and the Chapel of Handel.

Grenspaal Bunthorst Paal (Kuil)

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

Postkantoor 1923 annex Dorpswinkel

From 1923 the Post Office cum Village Store-Supermarket has been here and has been in family owne...

Grenspaal Ripse Paal

Old boundary post between Bakel and Gemert and namesake of the young reclamation village of De Ri...

Huijs Bloemendael | Handel

This is the original house of the penitent brothers in Handel. These religious were expelled duri...

Gehucht Boekent | Gemert

Boekent is one of the oldest hamlets of Gemert. Older than Gemert Castle, it is an intersection o...

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.

Boswachterswoning De Rips

From 1900, the Foresters' House was used as such.

Villa Ledeboer

The Ledeboer family, exploiters and owners of large parts of the surrounding woodland, built a vi...

Ter Watermolen | Gemert

The property Ter Watermolen was a medieval farmstead owned by the Commanderij Gemert.

Archeologisch monument Steentijd

Here in this sandy area, the prehistoric Tjongervolk visited so many times, working flint, and in...

Voormalig klooster Nazareth | Gemert

In 1848, the Franciscan Sisters Penitents-Recollectines came to Gemert to establish a convent and...

Hoeve Nieuwenhuis in Gemert

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

Boerderij: De Dompthoeve, Elsendorp

In the large-scale peel reclamations, all kinds of experiments were carried out. The Dompthoeve w...

Paal op De Sijp | Gemert

Boerderij De Blauwe Kei Gemert

De Blauwe Kei is a national monument built in 1734 as a farm with an inn.

Oude Handwijzer

An old hand sign already stood here at an intersection of five dirt roads. Three roads are still...

Grenspaal Paal achter 't Zand | De Mortel

Boundary post between Bakel and Gemert. The name comes from the drifting dunes that used to lie h...