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Gehucht: Esdonk

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

Archeologische opgraving: Hooghuis, Gemert

Hooghuis is Gemert's oldest known castle. It was the property of the Lords of Gemert, who owned t...

Grenspaal Middelpaal

Boundary post between Gemert and Bakel with the oldest mention in 1669 and which from 1818 was ca...

Oude Bakelsedijk (archeologische route)

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

Kapel Maria van Liefde | De Rips

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

WWII: Bazi-kamp (verdwenen) | De Rips

BAZI, a secret German radar station in the Peel.

Paal op De Sijp | Gemert

Archeologische opgraving Watermolen in Gemert

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

Klooster De Weyst | Handel

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

Blikken Emmer

This high point in the Stippelberg was used as the starting point for the first cadastral measure...

Boerenbondsmuseum Gemert

Voted the best (family) outing in Brabant several times, this living open-air museum in Gemert of...

School: Latijnse School, Gemert

This priest school, founded by the religious knightly order the Teutonic Order in 1587, now serve...

Gehucht: Vossenberg

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

Kerk Sint Jans Onthoofding | Gemert

This church was founded by an order of knights and belongs to the nearby castle. It dates back to...

Processiepark | Handel

This beautiful Procession Park is a National Monument belonging to the centuries-old Marian worsh...

Boerderij: Espse Hoeve, Bakel

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

Kloosterkasteel Gemert

Nobleman Rutger van Gemert (ca. 1150 - ca. 1220) became a knight of the Teutonic Order during his...

Voormalig klooster Nazareth | Gemert

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

Museum: Bosmuseum

At the edge of the Ripse woods, a hand-carved forest museum stands in the open air. This wooden c...

Hoeve Ter Ynde in Gemert

Ter Ynde is a vanished medieval farmstead of the Teutonic Order

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...

Kerk Heilige Margaretha Maria Alacoque | De Rips

After the "Iconoclasm" and renewal drive, this modern church was built in 1965.

School Dorpsschool | Bakel

This small village school, dating from 1830, with only two classrooms, only one of which was used...

Kom ook naar Gemert-Bakel!

If you are looking for one or more days of vacation in Brabant, Gemert-Bakel is definitely worth...