Kessel is a village in the southern
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. It is located in
Oss,
North Brabant
North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic 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 ...
about 12 km northeast of
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of ...
on the river
Maas.
The village was first mentioned in 997 as Casella. It is derived from castle, but means little house.
Kessel was a separate municipality until 1821, when it became a part of
Alem, Maren en Kessel
Alem is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Maasdriel, and lies about 10 km north of 's-Hertogenbosch.
It used to part of the province in North Brabant. In 1934, it became part of Gelderland. ...
. Kessel was home to 298 people in 1840. In 1944, the village of Kessel and neighbouring
Maren were evacuated, and the church was destroyed during the fighting. After the war, a new village was built between the two villages. In 2011, it was merged into municipality of
Oss.
Gallery
File:T.T vm Pastorie Kerkpad 3 Maren-Kessel 516578 (2).JPG, Clergy house
File:Kessel, anciennes maisons en contrebas de la digue.JPG, Houses along the dike
References
Populated places in North Brabant
Former municipalities of North Brabant
Oss
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