Sint-Oedenrode: Dommel River Village on the Hell's Highway Route
Sint-Oedenrode has about 16,931 residents and lies in North Brabant along the Dommel river, within the gemeente Meierijstad since 2017. The village played a role in Operation Market Garden in September 1944, as it lay on the route of Hell's Highway, the single road corridor the Allied forces needed to keep open. The Corridor of Freedom commemorative route passes through the village.
The centre around the Markt and the Sint-Martinuskerk has a traditional Brabant character. Kasteel Henkenshage, a 14th-century castle, now operates as a fairy tale park for children. The Dommel valley provides a green corridor through the village. The Kienehoef residential area expanded the village from the 1970s onward. Agriculture and food processing are locally important, with several companies operating in the surrounding industrial zones.
's-Hertogenbosch is about 20 kilometres north. Eindhoven lies roughly 15 kilometres south. Veghel, also part of Meierijstad, is approximately 10 kilometres east.
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Sint-Oedenrode has about 16,931 residents and lies in North Brabant along the Dommel river, within the gemeente Meierijstad since 2017. The village played a role in Operation Market Garden in September 1944, as it lay on the route of Hell's Highway, the single road corridor the Allied forces needed to keep open. The Corridor of Freedom commemorative route passes through the village.
The centre around the Markt and the Sint-Martinuskerk has a traditional Brabant character. Kasteel Henkenshage, a 14th-century castle, now operates as a fairy tale park for children. The Dommel valley provides a green corridor through the village. The Kienehoef residential area expanded the village from the 1970s onward. Agriculture and food processing are locally important, with several companies operating in the surrounding industrial zones.
's-Hertogenbosch is about 20 kilometres north. Eindhoven lies roughly 15 kilometres south. Veghel, also part of Meierijstad, is approximately 10 kilometres east.
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