Dommelen is a village in 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 the municipality of

Valkenswaard Valkenswaard () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant. The municipality had a population of in , with an area of of which is water. The name Valkenswaard ste ...

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 ...

. Dommelen derives its name from the little brook

Dommel The Dommel is a small river in Belgium and the Netherlands, left tributary of the Dieze. It is 120 km long, of which 85 km are in the Netherlands. The Dommel takes in water from the Keersop, Tongelreep, Run (stream), Run, Gender (stream), Gender a ...

that runs through it. Having its clear water close at hand, Dommelen is mostly known for its beer brewery from which the brand name

Dommelsch Dommelsch Brewery is a brewery founded in 1744 in the village of Dommelen, Netherlands. It is part of the Anheuser-Busch InBev group, and brews ''Dommelsch Pilsener'' for the Dutch market. History Dommelsch was founded in 1744 in the village ...

is derived. Its other main attraction is an old

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. Dommelen was a separate municipality until 1934, when it was merged with Valkenswaard. The spoken language is Kempenlands (an

East Brabantian East Brabantian ( or ) is one of the main divisions of the Brabantian dialect group recognized by the ''Woordenboek van de Brabantse dialecten''. East Brabantian dialects are mainly spoken in the eastern part of the province of North Brabant. Clas ...

dialect, which is very similar to colloquial

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1297 as Dumellam, and means "settlement on the

". The etymology of the river is unknown. The Catholic St Martin Church was built in 1882 and 1883 in

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style with a built-in tower. It was enlarged between 1929 and 1930. Dommelen was home to 347 people in 1840. It was an independent municipality until 1934, when it was annexed by

. Dommelen remained a village until the 1970s, when new neighbourhoods were added.

Sport

RKVV Dommelen is an amateur football club in Dommelen. It was founded in 1942. The club's first team plays on Sundays in the fourth division of Dutch amateur football (season 2012/2013). The club plays at ''Sportpark 't Heike'' in Dommelen.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Valkenswaard