Lithoijen is a village in the
Dutch province of
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 ...
. It is located in the municipality of
Oss, about 5 km northwest of the city of
Oss.
History
The village was first mentioned between 987 and 996 as Littam, and means "land on a river near
Lith".
The Catholic St. Remigus Church was built between 1900 and 1901. The tower has a slender needle spire. The former
Franciscan
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monastery was built around 1895 in
Gothic Revival
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style. Until 1950, it housed a girls
boarding school
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.
In 1833, a fort was built in Lithoijen, because an attack was feared during the
Belgian Revolution
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The ...
. It was never used, and decommissioned in 1886. Only elevations in the landscape reveal its presence.
Lithoijen was home to 735 people in 1840.
Lithoijen was a separate municipality until 1939, when it became part of
Lith.
In 2011, it became part of the municipality of
Oss.
Gallery
File:Dorpsstraat 4 Lithoijen voorkant totaal.jpg, Building in Lithoijen
File:Lithoijen, l'église St.Remi.JPG, St Remigus Church
File:Basisschool Sint Jozef Lithoijen.jpg, School in Lithoijen
File:Lithoyen, port de plaisance 2.JPG, Marina
References
Populated places in North Brabant
Former municipalities of North Brabant
Oss
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