Sterksel is a village in the southern
Netherlands
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Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,[municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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Heeze-Leende
Heeze-Leende () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands, near Eindhoven. It is known for Heeze Castle (''Kasteel Heeze'').
The spoken language is "Heeze-en-Leendes", a distinct dialect within the East Brabantian dialect group and is very sim ...
. It's the smallest village of three in the municipality.
The spoken language is "Heeze-en-Leendes", a distinct dialect within the
East Brabantian
East Brabantian ( nl, Oost Noord-Brabants or Oost Brabants) is one of the main divisions of the Brabantian dialect group recognized by the ''Woordenboek van de Brabantse dialecten''. East Brabantian dialects are mainly spoken in the eastern part of ...
dialect
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of Linguistics, linguistic phenomena:
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group, quite similar to colloquial
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
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History
The village was first mentioned between 1196 and 1198 as Sterkesele. The suffix means "single roomed house". The first part can either be sterk (strong) or sterke (young cow).
Sterksel is an agricultural community from the Middle Ages. Between 1798 until 1915, it was owned by the Pompen family.
Sterksel was home to 99 people in 1840.
Broederhuis Providentia is a monastery established in 1915.
Gallery
File:Sterksel, de Sint-Catharinakerk GM1658-WN031 IMG 3707 2022-10-30 11.30.jpg, St Catharina Church
File:Beukenlaan 30, Sterksel (2).JPG, Villa Ekelhof
File:Oostrikkerweg 1, Sterksel.JPG, House in Sterksel
File:Woningen winkels Sterksel P1130439.jpg, Supermarket
References
External links
Official Website
Populated places in North Brabant
Heeze-Leende
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