Sprundel is a village in the southern
Netherlands
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Rucphen
Rucphen () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands between Roosendaal and Etten-Leur, south of the railway, but without a train-station.
Population centres
Topography
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municipality.
In the past it was the main village of the region, with roads to
Roosendaal
Roosendaal () is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.
Towns/villages of the municipality
* Roosendaal (population: 66,760)
* Wouw (4,920)
* Heerle (1,900)
* Nispen (1,440)
* Wouwse P ...
to the west,
Breda to the east,
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...
to the north and
Antwerp to the south.
The village was first mentioned in 1282 as "Hermano filio Nekers de Sprundele". The etymology is unknown. Sprundel developed in the Middle Ages on a stream ridge.
The village was abandoned in 1583 when
Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron
Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron (, 156231 July 1602) was a French soldier whose military achievements were accompanied by plotting to dismember France and setting himself up as ruler of an independent Burgundy.
Biography
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was plundering the area. It was resettled around 1592.
The St John the Baptist Church was built in 1922. The 16th century tower from the earlier church was retained.
The
grist mill De Hoop was built in 1840. By 1960, the wind mill was in a very poor condition. It was bought by the municipality in 1972 and extensively repaired between 1976 and 1977. It is frequently in service.
Sprundel was home to 390 people in 1840.
Gallery
File:Jan de Doperkerk P1060894.JPG, St John the Baptist Church
File:Sprundel, beltmolen de Hoop RM32967 foto5 2015-06-17 11.35.jpg, Beltmolen de Hoop
File:Woning DSCF5012.jpg, Building in Sprundel
File:Café de Drie Zwaantjes DSCF5022 - kopie.jpg, Pub in Sprundel
References
Populated places in North Brabant
Rucphen
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