Oploo is a village in the

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province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...

. It is located in the former municipality of

Sint Anthonis Sint Anthonis () is a village and former municipality in the southern Netherlands in the Province of North Brabant. The locals refer to the town as ''Sint Tunnis''. An inhabitant is called a "Sintunnisenaar". The former municipality had a populati ...

. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of

Land van Cuijk Land van Cuijk is a municipality in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands, formed from the merger of Boxmeer, Cuijk, Sint Anthonis, Mill en Sint Hubert and Grave. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2022. It belongs to the regio ...

History

Oploo developed in the valley of a brook in the 12th or 13th century. There used to be two castle near Oploo, but both have disappeared. Of Bekenstein castle a farm remains with 16th century elements. The

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De Korenbloem was moved to Oploo in 1843. It was known to be in

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

before 1663. The wind mill was in use until 1952. The municipality received the wind mill in

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in 1966, and later became full owner. It was restored the same year and is occasionally in use. Oploo was a separate municipality until 1821, when it merged with

Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It consisted of the villages of Sint Anthonis and Ledeacker. The municipality existed until 1821, when it merged with Oploo to form the new municipality Oploo, S ...

to form the new municipality of

Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It was created in 1821, in a merger of Oploo and Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker. The municipality existed until 1994, when it became part of a larger municipal ...

. Oploo was home to 482 people in 1840. In 2022, it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

File:Oploo Kerk.JPG, Church in Oploo File:T.T Christinehoeve Oploo.JPG, Farm in Oploo 1865 Oploo.png, Map of 1865

References

Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Geography of Land van Cuijk {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub