Roggel is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of

Leudal Leudal (Limburgish: ''Leudaal'') is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg. It was formed on January 1, 2007 in a merger of the municipalities of Heythuysen, Haelen, Hunsel, and Roggel en Neer. Population centres The municipality ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1230 as Rogle. The etymology is unclear. Roggel developed along the Roggelse Beek. It used to part of the

County of Horne Horne (also ''Horn'', ''Hoorn'' or ''Hoorne'') is a small historic county of the Holy Roman Empire in the present day Netherlands and Belgium. It takes its name from the village Horn, west of Roermond. The residence of the counts of Horne was m ...

. Later it became it part of the

Prince-Bishopric of Liège The Prince-Bishopric of Liège or Principality of Liège was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that was situated for the most part in present-day Belgium. It was an Imperial Estate, so the bishop of Liège, as its prince ...

. In 1679, it became an independent ''

heerlijkheid A ''heerlijkheid'' (a Dutch word; pl. ''heerlijkheden''; also called ''heerschap''; Latin: ''Dominium'') was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries before 1800 ...

''. The Catholic St Peter Church is a three aisled church which was built in 1477 to replaced the 13th century chapel. The latest extension was in 1929. In 1944, the tower was partially blown up and rebuilt in 1946. Rogger was home to 281 people in 1840. The

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...

Sint-Pieter was built in 1901. After 1953, the mill went out of service. It was sold to the municipality in 1969, and restored in 1976. The wind mill is often in service. The former municipality of Roggel merged in 1991 with

Neer Neer is a village in Limburg, Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Leudal, on the river Maas about 8 km north of Roermond. History The village was first mentioned in 1204 as Nere, and refers to the brook Neerbeek. Neer devel ...

. The new municipality was initially named "Roggel", but changed its name to

Roggel en Neer Roggel en Neer () is a former municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. It covered the villages of Roggel, Neer, and Heibloem. Since January 1, 2007, the area has been a part of the new municipality of Leu ...

in 1993. In 2007 Roggel en Neer became part of the new municipality of

Gallery

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* {{Authority control Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1993 Leudal