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a beautiful church, especially in May

On the occasion of the 800th anniversary of Handel, the historical boundary posts have been replaced. For centuries, they not only indicated the border between our beautiful village of Handel and neighbouring Boekel, but in earlier times you also passed the national border at these posts. The Commandery of Gemert was for centuries a sovereign Lordship that was governed by the German Order of Knights. And even before the Gemert castle was built, those German Knights had their residence in the medieval Hoeve Handel. Beyond these boundary posts you entered the Land of Ravenstein, which at the time fell under the rule of the Elector Duke of Palatinate Neuburg. So at the time they were real national borders.

Nature center De Specht, an information and nature education center. The Nature Center aims to actively provide nature education to adults and children. The Nature Center is located in a flowery landscape with a butterfly meadow. There is a small watchtower, a water hole, a wall as an insect hotel, and a bat bunker, which houses a large population of bats. Hikes especially for children also start here.

The history of the Penitent Brothers, who founded Huize Padua, can be seen in the De Kluis museum. The older building, which also has exhibits, paints a picture of the history of psychiatry in the Netherlands, and in particular that of Huize Padua.

The namesake of the hamlet, named after the religious institution that was founded there in 1742. The history begins in 1694 with hermit Hogaert Verhofstad in Handel, who joined the Brothers Penitents and played a role in local religious life. In 1742 they moved to Boekel, where Huize Padua was founded and where they engaged in education and crafts. In 1826 the institute started caring for psychiatric patients and is now part of GGZ Oost-Brabant.

A place for daytime activities, individual guidance and coaching programs for young people (18+) and adults.

Boekel is a municipality on the Peelrand in the eastern part of the Dutch province of North Brabant. In addition to the main town of Boekel, the municipality also contains the centers of Venhorst and Huize Padua. The name of the municipality refers to a tree, the beech

This is due to a number of developments. For example, the forest in the Netherlands is getting older on average, as a comparison of the various Dutch forest statistics shows. The share of young forest is decreasing, the share of mature and old forest is increasing. More animals and plants live in old forests.