De Rips is a village east of
Helmond
Helmond (; called ''Héllemond'' in the local dialect) is a city and municipality in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant in the Southern Netherlands.
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and
Eindhoven
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. Until the late 1990s it formed the municipality of
Bakel and Milheeze alongside
Milheeze
Milheeze (dialect: ''Millus'') is a village in the Dutch province North Brabant. Milheeze is part of the municipality Gemert-Bakel.
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and
Bakel, but in 1997 it was forced to merge with the larger
Gemert
Gemert is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel.
Gemert was a separate municipality until 1997, when it merged with Bakel.
The spoken language is Peellands (an East Brabantian dialect, ...
municipality.
The village was first mentioned in 1544 as Ripse Paal, and refers to a border pole close to the stream Rips.
De Rips was located in the
Peel, a large heath area. In 1871, was bought by Cornelis Carp who built a farm in 1875 on land which was named after the border pole. The land was cultivated and more farms were built. The village was founded in 1921 by the Heidemij (nowadays:
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) as a planned settlement with church, school and houses.
Gallery
File:De Rips Rijksmonument 518102 boerderij Burg. Wijtvlietlaan 4.JPG, Farm in De Rips
File:De Rips - Ripsestraat 22 Pastorie.JPG, Clergy house
File:De Rips, bedrijfsgebouw Fransen Gerrits foto1 2014-05-18 09.54.jpg, Factory
References
Populated places in North Brabant
Gemert-Bakel
1921 establishments in the Netherlands
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