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De voormalige hoeve Hazeldonk

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

Oude Bakelsedijk (archeologische route)

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

Kapel Ossenkapel | Handel

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

Hoeve 'Beverdijk'

Reconstruction of a fief of the Teutonic Order

De Schouw en Ter Schaut, Bakel

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

Bebouwing westzijde Kerkstraat

The first construction on the west side of Kerkstraat occurred between 1480 and 1500. Now the cen...

Paal op De Sijp | Gemert

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...

Gehucht: Vossenberg

This Protestant village in Catholic Brabant is a product of the large-scale Peel reclamations in...

WWII: Rijkswerkkamp De Rips (verdwenen) | De Rips

A Dutch labour camp with many functions and residents.

Boerderij: De Fuik, Handel

Long-gabled 1930s farmhouse standing on the spur of the crescent dune.

Boerderij 'de Rips'

This building is the oldest farm in de Rips. It was originally a sheep farm. One of the many larg...

Kapel Maria van Liefde | De Rips

This contemporary chapel was built after a near-death experience and an 'Encounter with Mary'. Th...

Oude Handwijzer

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

Huijs Bloemendael | Handel

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

Molen Het Zoutvat | Gemert

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

Keske Kruiseind | Gemert

The keske on the Cross End has four niches and was built in this form in 1911, but has predecessors.

Grenspaal Loeff Paal

Boundary post between Oploo and De Rips.

Leengoed Espendonck | Gemert

Originally the medieval walled fief Espendonck.

Kapel Sint Antonius | Gemert

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

Gehucht: Esdonk

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

Boerderij: Espse Hoeve, Bakel

This moat farm was built in the 15th century and was owned by the Gemert Commandery of the Teuton...

Gemertse tabak aan de Kerkstraat

This chic building complex recalls the days when Holland was a big name in the tobacco industry a...

Natuurgebied Handelse Bossen | Handel

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