Vessem is a village in the southern
Netherlands
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. It is located in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Eersel,
North Brabant
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. Cultural attractions include the windmill and several galleries.
The village was first mentioned in 1245 as Veseme. The etymology is unclear. Vessem is a church village which developed on a sandy ridge along the Kleine Beerze.
Vessem was home to 581 people in 1840. It used to part of the municipality of
Vessem, Wintelre en Knegsel until 1996 when it was merged into
Eersel.
Sights
* Old Town Hall from 1898 with a memorial stone commemorating the inauguration of
Queen Wilhelmina in the same year. It is a symmetrical white building with a stepped gable.
* The family-owned brewery 'De Leeuw' is redbrick factory building with a tall chimney dominating the central street. The brewery now produces Beerze beer. The premises burnt down in 1904 but was rebuilt in 1905. It was restored again in 2008, expanding to include a restaurant, hotel accommodation, meeting rooms, and a courtyard garden. It now regularly hosts weddings.
* The Catholic St. Lambertus Church was a 15th-century tower, and the church was added between 1882 and 1883.
* 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 grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...
Jacobus was built in 1893. It was restored in 1969 and 1986. The wind mill is technically operational, however a large beech tree prevents the wheel from turning.
Gallery
Image:1867_Vessem.png, Vessem in 1867
File:StLambertuskerk Vessem.jpg, St Lambertus Church
File:Overzicht voorgevel met ingangspartij en rechter zijgevel - Vessem - 20528483 - RCE.jpg, Former town hall
File:Jan Smuldersstraat 3, Vessem RM 520269.JPG, House in Vessem
References
External links
Populated places in North Brabant
Eersel
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