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Archeologische opgraving: Neerakker, Bakel

This is one of the most important excavations in Bakel, a complete court, with village has been f...

Molen De Beer | Gemert

Where the Eendracht now stands, mill De Beer was built in the Middle Ages.

Villa Ledeboer

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

Tereijken, buurtschap Gemert

The hamlet of Tereijken originated from a single medieval farmstead.

Voormalig klooster Nazareth | Gemert

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

Natuurgebied Handelse Bossen | Handel

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

Grenspaal Bunthorst Paal (Kuil)

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

Rood in de sloot van de Hazeldonklaan, Gemert

Points at Gemert-South break up red water in roadside ditches of Hazeldonklaan

Kerk Sint Antonius Abt | De Mortel

Because of the great plague epidemic in Gemert, the initiative was taken for a chapel in De Morte...

Natuurgebied Landgoed Stippelberg | De Rips

Stippelberg is a young forest on a millennia-old subsoil that has profoundly influenced the histo...

De voormalige hoeve Handel

The vanished Handel farmstead is the oldest clearing, from which the village of Handel emerged.

Paal op De Sijp | Gemert

Huijs Bloemendael | Handel

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

Marechausseekazerne | Gemert

In the 19th century there was unrest in Gemert; there were riots among the weavers, riots among t...

De Pelicaan

Gemert's very first church used to stand here, opposite the current church, which only dates from...

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...

Helling in de Haveltweg | Handel

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

Hoeve De Stroom Gemert

Farm owned by the Gemert parish priest for centuries.

Kapel Ossenkapel | Handel

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

Archeologische opgraving: Kapelakker, Milheeze

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

WWII: Rijkswerkkamp De Rips (verdwenen) | De Rips

A Dutch labour camp with many functions and residents.

Mysteries van Gemert (deel 2)

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

WWII: Freya zoekradar | De Rips

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

De Tolbrug

This long-gabled farmhouse stands on the spot where toll was formerly levied for the use of the b...