Oud-Empel is a dike village in the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch, in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. It is a district of the Maaspoort district. Oud-Empel belonged to the municipality of Empel en Meerwijk until 1 April 1971. That municipality was incorporated into the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch. Until the Second World War, the village was simply called Empel, but that name was changed to the current Empel after the vast majority of the residents had moved there.

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In the area where Oud-Empel is located, traces of both Roman and Frankish habitation have been found. Even the remains of a temple, called the Temple of Empel, date from the Roman period.

The oldest mention is in a document dated 25 October 856, in which Lotharius I confirms the donation of the Empla domain to the Benedictine abbey of Crespin. The original document, a deed of donation by King Clovis IV from an estimated 690-694, was lost. In 1142 and 1146, the donation was confirmed again by Pope Innocent II and Roman King Conrad III respectively.

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