Riethoven () is a village in the

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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

Bergeijk Bergeijk ( ; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and town in southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. It consists of an area of and had a population of in . It is one of 21 municipalities, including Eindhoven, th ...

, about southwest of

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. The adjacent township of Walik is in general considered to be a part of Riethoven. Riethoven was originally called Rijthoven, but with time it changed into Riethoven. In

The name means: farms at the Rijt, the Rijt being a river near the municipality. Riethoven was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of

. 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

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).Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants,

Notable people

* Martin Rythovius (1511), the first

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Henk van Gerven Henricus Petrus Johannes "Henk" van Gerven (born 11 March 1955 in Riethoven) is a Dutch politician and general practitioner. As a member of the Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) he was an MP from 30 November 2006 to 23 March 2017. He foc ...

(1955), politician * Wilbert Das (1963), Fashion designer

Gallery

File:Dorpsplein 4, Riethoven.JPG, Bar in Riethoven File:Sint Willibrordkerk Riethoven (2).JPG, St Willibrordus Church File:Muziekkiosk Riethoven 2014.JPG, Bandstand File:Woonboerderij van het langgeveltype.jpg, Farm in Riethoven

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997 Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Bergeijk {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub