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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....

Kerk Onze Lieve Vrouw van Handel | Handel

This chapel from 1220 is the oldest Marian pilgrimage site in Brabant and forms a complex togethe...

Natuurgebied Landgoed Stippelberg | De Rips

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

De voormalige hoeve Grotel

For centuries, the Grotel farmstead of the Teutonic Order stood on this site.

Keskesdijk | Handel

Pilgrimage route en route to the medieval Marian pilgrimage site of Handel. There are seven keske...

Natuurgebied Landgoed De Sijp | Elsendorp

De Sijp estate was reclaimed in 1895 and is now partly natural area and partly in agricultural use.

School Katholieke Lagere Meisjesschool | Bakel

This girls' school belonged to a convent of the Sisters of Oirschot.

Kerk Sint Antonius Abt | De Mortel

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

Postkantoor 1923 annex Dorpswinkel

From 1923 the Post Office cum Village Store-Supermarket has been here and has been in family owne...

Archeologische opgraving: Hooghuis, Gemert

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

Boerenbondgebouw (voormalig)

former farmers' union warehouse from which agricultural items were sold.

Boerderij: De Sijp, Elsendorp

From this house, the reclamation of the De Sijp estate was regulated. Indeed, this estate was par...

Boerderij: Espse Hoeve, Bakel

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

WWII: Koordekanaal in de Klotterpeel | De Rips

The remains of a dug antitank canal that was part of the infamous Peel-Raamstelling, a defensive...

Archeologische opgraving: Achter de molen, Bakel

A complete medieval hamlet has been excavated here, dating from the 9th to the 12th century.

Molen De Bijenkorf

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

De Schouw en Ter Schaut, Bakel

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

Natuurgebied Landgoed Cleefswit | Elsendorp

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

Grenspaal Ripse Paal

Old boundary post between Bakel and Gemert and namesake of the young reclamation village of De Ri...

Slotje, Deel

Around 1435, squire Goyart van Lankveld built a moat house at this location. The last remnants of...

Voormalig klooster Nazareth | Gemert

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

Boerderij: De Dompthoeve, Elsendorp

In the large-scale peel reclamations, all kinds of experiments were carried out. The Dompthoeve w...

Paal op De Sijp | Gemert

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...