Ittervoort is a village in the

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province of

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. It is located in the municipality of

Leudal Leudal (Limburgish: ''Leudaal'') is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg. It was formed on January 1, 2007 in a merger of the municipalities of Heythuysen, Haelen, Hunsel, and Roggel en Neer. Population centres The municipality con ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1252 as Itervort, and means "fordable place in the Itterbeek". In 1343, a bridge was built. The St Margarita Church was built in 1935, however the tower from 1894 was incorporated in the design. The

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Schouwsmolen was probably built around 1630 and was used as a

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...

. In 1928, an electro motor was installed, and it went out of service in 1961. Between 2015 and 2016, it was restored and is used to grind corn and generate electricity. Ittervoort was home to 235 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1942, when it was merged with

Hunsel Hunsel () is a village in the south-eastern Netherlands. History The village was first mentioned in 1400 as Hunsel. The etymology is unclear. Hunsel developed along the Uffelse beek. The Catholic St Jacobus de Meerdere is a single aisled churc ...

.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. In 2007, it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

File:Ittervoort vanaf de Thornerstraat.jpg, Welcome to Ittervoort File:Toren van Ittervoort.JPG, Communication tower of Ittervoort File:Ittervoort Schouwsmolen 5623.JPG, Watermill Schouwsmolen

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* Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Leudal {{LimburgNL-geo-stub