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Paal op De Sijp | Gemert

Molen De Bijenkorf

This advanced windmill, the Bijenkorf, was built in 1665 in Zaandijk as a white paper mill. In 19...

Natuurgebied De Klotterpeel | De Rips

Restoration of the old swampy Peel. After reclamation, this became nature again, just as it looke...

Mysteries van Gemert (deel 2)

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

Archeologische opgraving Watermolen in Gemert

Excavation of a medieval water mill on the small river Rips. Water mills were rare in the Peel; y...

Kapel Ossenkapel | Handel

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

Tereijken, buurtschap Gemert

The hamlet of Tereijken originated from a single medieval farmstead.

Wit-gele-kruis

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

Natuurgebied De Aarlesche Peel | De Rips

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

Kapel Sint Antonius | Gemert

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

Peelrandbreuk bij Hogen Aarle | De Mortel

The Peelrand fault causes a height difference in the landscape near Hogen Aarle.

Grenspaal Loeff Paal

Boundary post between Oploo and De Rips.

Kapel Mariakapel | Milheeze

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

Boswachterswoning De Rips

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

WWII: Freya zoekradar | De Rips

Freya search radar position with the remains of radar system blown up by the Germans themselves a...

Helling in de Daalhorst | Gemert

If you look from south to north across the Daalhorst, you will see a slope in the road. The diffe...

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...

WWII: Rijkswerkkamp De Rips (verdwenen) | De Rips

A Dutch labour camp with many functions and residents.

Archeologische opgraving: Kapelakker, Milheeze

So from the 9th to the 12th century, an almost unique fortified settlement lay here on the throug...

Gehucht: Esdonk

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

Natuurgebied Handelse Bossen | Handel

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

Hoeve Milschot Gemert

Milschot farmstead is a medieval farmstead and was long owned by the Teutonic Order.

Oude Bakelsedijk (archeologische route)

The Oude Bakelsedijk was of the few ancient roads that ran all the way through the Peel, which be...

Molen Het Zoutvat | Gemert

The defunct wooden standard mill Het Zoutvat was built in 1554 and demolished in 1917.