Nature in Gemert-Bakel

Natuurgebied De Klotterpeel | De Rips

Natuurgebied De Klotterpeel | De Rips

Restoration of the old swampy Peel. After reclamation, this became nature again, just as it looke...

De Rips

Natuurcentrum De Specht | Handel

Natuurcentrum De Specht | Handel

For years, Nature Center De Specht, located in the picturesque village of Handel in the municipal...

Handel

Natuurgebied Landgoed Cleefswit | Elsendorp

Natuurgebied Landgoed Cleefswit | Elsendorp

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

Elsendorp

Natuurgebied Landgoed De Krim | Elsendorp

Natuurgebied Landgoed De Krim | Elsendorp

Peellandgoed De Krim consisting of heathland, fens and a pingo.

Elsendorp

Country Estate Nederheide

Country Estate Nederheide

Country Estate Nederheide is located in nature reserve The Brabant Peel near the village of Milhe...

Milheeze

Peelrandbreuk bij Hogen Aarle | De Mortel

Peelrandbreuk bij Hogen Aarle | De Mortel

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

De Mortel

Natuurgebied Landgoed Stippelberg | De Rips

Natuurgebied Landgoed Stippelberg | De Rips

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

De Rips

Natuurgebied Landgoed De Sijp | Elsendorp

Natuurgebied Landgoed De Sijp | Elsendorp

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

Elsendorp

Grotelse Forest

Grotelse Forest

Between Bakel and Aarle-Rixtel you will find the 115 hectares of the Grotelse Forest. To the sout...

Gemert

WWII: Koordekanaal in de Klotterpeel | De Rips

WWII: Koordekanaal in de Klotterpeel | De Rips

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

De Rips

Natuurgebied De Aarlesche Peel | De Rips

Natuurgebied De Aarlesche Peel | De Rips

Aarlesche Peel was named after the municipality of Aarle-Rixtel which obtained ownership of this...

De Rips

Peelrandbreuk op Esp | Bakel

Peelrandbreuk op Esp | Bakel

The Peelrand fault caused an elevation change in the road and landscape on Aspen.

Bakel

Natuurgebied De Groote Slink | Elsendorp

Natuurgebied De Groote Slink | Elsendorp

After Enschede businessman Abraham Ledeboer bought 1,200 acres of wasteland in the Peel very chea...

Elsendorp

Esperloop

Esperloop

The Esperloop is a small river in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel that originates from the Snell...

Bakel

Natuurgebied Bakelse Plassen | Milheeze

Natuurgebied Bakelse Plassen | Milheeze

Thousands of years ago, predecessors of the Meuse and Rhine rivers flowed through eastern Brabant...

Milheeze

De Snelle Loop

De Snelle Loop

The Snelle Loop has been the border between Gemert on the one hand and Aarle-Rixtel and Beek on t...

Bakel

Natuurgebied Beestenveld | De Rips

Natuurgebied Beestenveld | De Rips

The Beestenveld is a forest area of about 362 ha owned by the Forestry Commission.

De Rips

WWII: Koordekanaal in het Beestenveld | De Rips

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....

De Rips

Natuurgebied Handelse Bossen | Handel

Natuurgebied Handelse Bossen | Handel

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

Handel

Peelrandbreuk bij Renseweg | De Mortel

Peelrandbreuk bij Renseweg | De Mortel

A viewing frame near the Renseweg - Welpenheuvel indicates the exact location of Gemert's Breuk.

De Mortel

WWII: Loopgraven in de Klotterpeel | De Rips

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...

De Rips