Mill is a village in the former

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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. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Mill en Sint Hubert, in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

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 w ...

. 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 regi ...

. Mill is known from the

Battle of Mill The Battle of Mill was a day long struggle in and around the Dutch village of Mill along the Peel-Raam line on the first day of the invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. Although the Germans broke through, they suffered heavy casualties and wer ...

, a two-day fight during the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940.

Population

On 1 January 2006, Mill had 6,049 inhabitants and was the capital village of the municipality. The municipality house is located in Mill.

History

In Roman times there was a population center west of the current village center. In the 11th and 12th century people settled near some brooks on the western high ride of the Land van Cuijk. The Lords of Cuijk had quite some possessions in the area. They were closely involved in the foundation of Mariënweerd abbey. During the 14th century, Mill became a village with its own (municipal council and lower court). The seal of the schepenbank displayed the image of

Willibrord Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg. Early life His fath ...

, which is still in the municipal coat of arms. In 1128 the Norbertin abbey of van Mariënweerd in Beesd already owned lands in Mill, and these possessions steadily increased. In 1323 the monastery got the

jus patronatus The right of patronage (in Latin ''jus patronatus'' or ''ius patronatus'') in Roman Catholic canon law is a set of rights and obligations of someone, known as the patron in connection with a gift of land (benefice). It is a grant made by the c ...

of Mill from Jan Boc de Meere Lord of Boxmeer. In 1326 Mill became a parish dedicated to Willibrord. Later several parishes became independent from Mill: Wanroij in 1559,

Sint Hubert Sint Hubert is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, in the former municipality of Mill en Sint Hubert. Since 2022 it has been part of the municipality of Land van Cuijk. History Sint Hubert developed in the Late Middle Ages around ...

in 1796 and Wilbertoord in 1962. During World War II the

started on 10 May 1940, only 30 minutes after the start of hostilities. The German army surprised the Dutch defenders by driving an armored train through the Peel-Raam Line, and unloading troops at

Zeeland , nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge") , anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem") , image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg , map_alt = , m ...

village behind the line. These then attacked the Dutch from the rear. The surprise failed because the Germans were unaware that the defenders had received some antique artillery shortly before. The name Mill is not clearly derivable from history, although it is more or less clear that the village originates at least from 1166, under the name ''Millen'' or ''Mylle''.

Attractions

The church of Mill has been destroyed multiple times. In 1648 it was expropriated by the Protestants. In 1820 the Catholic church got it back. Soon after, it was demolished. A successor church was demolished in 1879. The current church was started in 1877 and consecrated in 1881. Aldendriel Castle is in Mill. North of Mill is

Tongelaar Castle Tongelaar Castle (also ''Tongelaer'') is located between Mill, North_Brabant, Mill and Gassel in North-Brabant, Netherlands. Tongelaar today The castle The current castle is a part of, and is built on top of, the Bailey (castle), bailey of ...

Notable people

Father Chrysanthus Father Chrysanthus O.F.M. Cap. (1 September 1905 – 4 May 1972), born Wilhelmus Egbertus Antonius Janssen, was a Dutch priest and biology teacher. He was known for his studies in arachnology. Initially he was concerned with the spiders of the Ne ...

Kees Bastiaans Cornelis Bernardus "Kees" Bastiaans (20 November 1909, Mill, Netherlands – 31 March 1986, Mill) was a Dutch painter. He was an Expressionist, often with a religious theme to his work. One of his paintings ''Familieportret'' is exhibited in the ...

Reinout Oerlemans Reinout Oerlemans (; born 10 June 1971) is a Dutch soap opera actor, film director, television presenter and television producer. He is the founder of the TV production company Eyeworks. In 1989, while studying law at the University of Amster ...

Gallery

File:Mill, de stenen schoorsteen op het voormalig terrein van houtfabriek Van Hout GM0815-WN001 in straatzicht foto4 2017-02-15 13.56.jpg, Stone chimney from former Van Hout factory, thumb File:1866_Mill.png, Map of Mill in 1866 File:Aldendriel Castle Front.jpg, Aldendriel Castle File:Aerialviewofmill.jpg, Aerial view

References

{{Authority control Populated places in North Brabant Geography of Land van Cuijk