Milheeze (dialect: ''Millus'') is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the Dutch

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called 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 th ...

. Milheeze is part of the municipality

Gemert-Bakel Gemert-Bakel () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. Geography Population centres Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Gemert-Bakel, June 2015'' Climate Climate in this area has mild differences between highs ...

. The village was first mentioned in 1332 as Milleis. The etymology is unclear. Milheeze developed in the Late Middle Ages around a chapel. The chapel was replaced by the St Willibrordus Church in 1844-1845 which was built on the foundations of the chapel. Milheeze was home to 579 people in 1840. The monastery Mariaoord was founded in Milheeze in 1935. The village was part of the municipality

Bakel en Milheeze Bakel en Milheeze is a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It consisted of the villages Bakel, Milheeze, and De Rips. It has been a part of the municipality of Gemert-Bakel Gemert-Bakel () is a municipality in the southe ...

until 1966 when it was merged into

Gallery

File:Milheeze, de Laurentiamolen RM8595 foto1 2014-05-18 10.46.jpg, Wind mill Laurentiamolen File:Milheeze basisschool de Kastanjelaan.JPG, School in Milheeze

References

Populated places in North Brabant Gemert-Bakel {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub