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Oude Handwijzer

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

Boerderij: D'n Traonpot, wevershuis anno 1752, Gemert

Weavers were common in Gemert and home weaving had long been known there too. This old home weavi...

Natuurgebied Landgoed De Sijp | Elsendorp

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

Paal op De Sijp | Gemert

Kapel Sint Joris | Gemert

The St. George Guild, or the Rooj Skut, wanted its own guild chapel. In 1975, the first plans eme...

Kerk Sint Antonius Abt | De Mortel

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

Boerderij Aan de Stinckart

The oldest farm in Gemert's Broekstraat.

Kapel De Olde Kerk | Gemert

Gemert's oldest church was in use from 1270 to around 1430.

Peelrandbreuk bij Renseweg | De Mortel

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

Kloosterkasteel Gemert

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

Natuurgebied De Aarlesche Peel | De Rips

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

Parochiehuis | Bakel

This beautiful building, from 1938, was especially intended for meetings concerning the parish of...

Wit-gele-kruis

This building housed the Witgelegele Kruis, founded in Brabant. A health care society where nuns...

Grenspaal Ripse Paal

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

Gehucht: Esdonk

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

WWII: Bazi-kamp (verdwenen) | De Rips

BAZI, a secret German radar station in the Peel.

Archeologische opgraving Watermolen in Gemert

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

Gemertse tabak aan de Kerkstraat

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

Natuurgebied Landgoed De Krim | Elsendorp

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

Hoeve Te Groenendaal in Gemert

The medieval farmstead Te Groenendaal was located on today's Groenendaal in Gemert. The associate...

Koksehoeve

Port, fishing, inn, fief of the Teutonic Order, tram stop, it is hard to say what this tavern may...

School Kleuterschool | De Mortel

Here lay, in a small cluster, butter factory, egg society, kindergarten, warehouse, farm loan ban...

Natuurgebied De Klotterpeel | De Rips

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

Archeologische opgraving: Kapelakker, Milheeze

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