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Gemert
Gemert
Town
	Castle of Gemert
	Flag Coat of arms
	Gemert Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands Gemert Gemert (Netherlands)
	Coordinates: 51°33′21″N 5°41′12″E / 51.55583°N 5.68667°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Gemert-Bakel
Area
• Total	19.92 km2 (7.69 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	16,820
• Density	840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5420-5422
Dialing code	0492

Gemert is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel.

Gemert was a separate municipality until 1997, when it merged with Bakel.^[3]

The spoken language is Peellands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch).^[4]

Population centres

The population centres from Gemert are Handel, De Mortel and Elsendorp. Gemert also has a little chapel village called Esdonk and a Protestant mining village called Vossenberg.

Notable people born in Gemert

Georgius Macropedius also known as Joris van Lanckvelt (1487–1558), humanist and playwright
Lawrence Torrentinus (1499–1563), printer for the Duke of Florence
Jan van Amstel (naval hero) (1618–1668), admiral in the fleet of Michiel de Ruyter
Jan van Gemert (1921–1991), visual artist
Matthijs Verhofstadt (1677–1731), organ builder
Anton Borret (1782–1858), member of the Council of State, Governor of the Dutch East Indies, and Governor of Limburg
Gerlacus van den Elsen (1853–1925), priest
Cor Roffelsen (1889–1958), architect
Charles Moons (1917–2005), President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands
Harmen Tiddens (1923–2002), pediatrician, professor, and rector of Maastricht University
Wim Verstappen (1937–2004), filmmaker and director
Toon Grassens (1940), visual artist
Haico Scharn (1945–2021), athlete
Bart van der Laar (1945–1981), music producer
Gerard van Lankveld (1947), visual artist
Kees van Rooij (1959), politician
Arno Kantelberg (1968), writer, style icon, editor-in-chief
Caroline van den Elsen (1969), politician
Leon Vlemmings (1970), professional footballer
Stefan van Dierendonck (1972), writer
René Paardekooper (1987), professional footballer
Joost Habraken (1988), footballer
Laura van den Elzen (1997), singer

Places of interest

Castle and Castle Park

The construction of the castle began in 1391. Till 1794 the castle was used by the German Order. In 1916 the castle was used as a mission monastic. The castle has a Castle Park in English style. In the park there is also the liberation monument from World War II.

Museums

Het Boerenbondsmuseum is a museum in Gemert. In this museum there are some objects and some buildings about the farmerpopulation near Gemert around 1900.

Religious buildings

Gemert has two churches:

De Kerk van Sint-Jans Onthoofding.
Sint-Gerardus Majellakerk.

Gemert has also one monastery:

Klooster Nazareth.

Gallery

Town hall
Building in Gemert
Street view
Tower of the St Gerardus Majella Church

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 5421AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants, ISBN 9012090105