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Rood in de sloot op de Sprenk, De Mortel

Points at the Peelrand fault create red water in ditches at De Sprenk in De Mortel

Molen De Beer | Gemert

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

Oude Handwijzer Klotterpeel

On this site, an old Handwijzer already stood around 1850

De voormalige hoeve Hazeldonk

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

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...

Kasteel Gemert

This large castle complex, complete with gardens and castle farms has had an eventful history. It...

Archeologische opgraving: Kapelakker, Milheeze

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

Natuurgebied Landgoed Cleefswit | Elsendorp

Cleefswit is one of the older examples of large-scale reclamation of wasteland in the late 19th,...

Kloosterkasteel Gemert

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

Kerk Sint Willibrordus | Milheeze

Waterfront church built on the remains of a medieval chapel.

Hagelkruis Boekent | Gemert

Cross placed in middle of fields to ward off hail and protect harvest.

Peelrandbreuk bij Hogen Aarle | De Mortel

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

Tereijken, buurtschap Gemert

The hamlet of Tereijken originated from a single medieval farmstead.

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...

Rijkswerkkamp de Rips (infopaneel versie)

State work camp De Rips served in various forms from 1940 to early 1948. A motley procession of r...

Villa Ledeboer

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

WWII: Freya zoekradar | De Rips

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

Mysteries van Gemert (deel 2)

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

Natuurgebied Landgoed Stippelberg | De Rips

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

Ter Watermolen | Gemert

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

Paal op De Sijp | Gemert

Boerenbondsmuseum Gemert

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

WWII: Koordekanaal in het Beestenveld | De Rips

The Koorde Canal was dug in 1939 as an addition to the Peel-Raamstelling with the Defense Canal....