Knegsel is a village in the south of the
Netherlands. It is located in the
municipality of
Eersel,
North Brabant. Knegsel is part of the Acht Zaligheden (Eight Beatitudes), alongside
Eersel,
Duizel,
Steensel
Steensel is a village on the Gender stream in the municipality of Eersel, North Brabant, the Netherlands. Steensel is part of the Acht Zaligheden (Eight Beatitudes), along with Eersel, Knegsel, Duizel, Wintelre, Netersel, Hulsel en Reusel.
The ...
,
Wintelre,
Netersel,
Hulsel en
Reusel.
The village was first mentioned in 1281 as Cneczele, and means "single room house belonging to the servant".
Knegsel was home to 238 people in 1840. The Catholic Monulphus and Gondulphus was built in 1926, and was a low wide tower. Knegsel used to be part of the municipality
Vessem, Wintelre en Knegsel
Vessem, Wintelre en Knegsel was a municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Brabant. It was located west of Eindhoven, and covered the villages of Vessem, Wintelre and Knegsel.
The municipality existed until 1997, when it merged wit ...
. In 1996, it was merged into
Eersel.
Gallery
File:Monulphus en Gondulphuskerk Knegsel-2.jpg, Monulphus and Gondulphus Church
File:Steenselseweg 4, Knegsel.jpg, Former clergy house
References
Populated places in North Brabant
Eersel
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