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Oude Handwijzer

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

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...

School: Latijnse School, Gemert

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

Paal op De Sijp | Gemert

Helling in de Daalhorst | Gemert

If you look from south to north across the Daalhorst, you will see a slope in the road. The diffe...

School Katholieke Lagere Meisjesschool | Bakel

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

WWII: Freya zoekradar | De Rips

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

Molen Laurentia

There are several indications that the mill used to be a polder mill in Bleskensgraaf. In 1965, t...

Grenspaal Loeff Paal

Boundary post between Oploo and De Rips.

Oude Handwijzer Klotterpeel

On this site, an old Handwijzer already stood around 1850

Grenspaal Bunthorst Paal (Kuil)

The easternmost boundary marker in the Peel between Gemert and Bakel. Also the border with Oploo....

Archeologische opgraving Watermolen in Gemert

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

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...

Peelrandbreuk bij Renseweg | De Mortel

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

Natuurgebied De Klotterpeel | De Rips

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

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....

WWII: Lancaster en Burg. Wijtvliet monument | De Rips

This memorial provides information about the crash of a Lancaster plane that killed 7 people. It...

Peelrandbreuk bij Hogen Aarle | De Mortel

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

Gehucht: Vossenberg

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

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

Boerderij: De Diepert, Handel

This old farmhouse is of a non-native type. It is a reclamation farm, beautifully preserved and t...

Oude Pastorie | Gemert

The De Huybert property is the old parsonage of Gemert.

Museum: Bosmuseum

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

Blikken Emmer

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