Attractions and Places To See in Beestenveld - Top 8

This used to be an important crossroads. Centuries-old dirt roads intersected here, enabling passage through the isolated Peel region. A signpost was already noted at this location on military topographic maps dating from around 1810. Important roads through the Peel region. The signpost indicated the direction of the road running from Gemert to Venray. This was therefore the main major Peel thoroughfare. During the French period, around 1810, this road was referred to as "le grande chemin de Gemert à Venray" (the main road from Gemert to Venray). The signpost also indicated the direction of the road running from Deurne/Milheeze to Oploo. Back then, there were no trees yet, and all you saw was an open plain with heathland. Imagine this: it's foggy and you're on foot or with a horse and cart. How useful, then, to have a signpost on your path, pointing you in the right direction. The adjacent Kruisberg (Cross Hill). This was so named because the adjacent "mountain" was bisected by the road structure in the shape of a cross. In the center of the cross stood the old signpost, which disappeared around 1950. The current signpost was installed in 2011 near the old site as a permanent reminder.

In the landscape on the Stippelberg you can see a division. Millions of years ago, fault lines were created. This was caused by shifting layers of earth. Here on the Stippelberg we have the Milheezer fault line, a branch of the Peelrand fault. You can see this in the sudden difference in height and difference in vegetation in the area.

A place that you really have to see is d’n Blikken Emmer. This place is located on top of the highest stippel. But what exactly can you admire? At this spot you can see a bucket hanging on top of a pole. Now you might think, why a bucket? In the past, when forest workers were allowed to take a break, this bucket was hit. It was also a fire alarm, because you had a good view of the estate from this spot. On the other side of the Stippelberg, the eastern part, you won’t find any stippels. Here you will find beautiful oak and beech avenues that belong to the country house. Around this beautiful English-style villa you can admire the rhododendrons, currant trees and other flowering shrubs that make the estate even more beautiful. Want to delve even deeper into the area? Then you will suddenly find yourself at the edge of the forest. Here you will see a landscape as the Peel once looked. With heather and solitary Scots pines.

The Stippelberg is a large nature reserve. Yet it is well hidden in the east of Brabant, near the village of De Rips. Walk in the eastern part of the Stippelberg over the beautiful lanes that belong to the country house. And admire the rhododendrons that brighten up the estate. A striking feature of the Stippelberg are the many hills in the middle of the forest. All those 'dots' are drifting dunes created by sand drifts. The Stippelberg owes its name to these hills. Due to afforestation for wood production, you can now find an extensive pine forest here. Take a walk in this forest over the dots in the landscape.

Beautiful to look at and lovingly made

Very nice there ,Sun is shining

Beautiful forest with fens and streams. Name is derived from the small hills (drift dunes) called stipples

After the First World War, there was a desire to better defend the Netherlands. Certainly when the rearmament of Germany under the Nazi regime presented itself, work began on the construction of the Defense Canal, part of the Peel-Raamstelling, which was partly constructed as a job creation project. Since the Defense Canal was very far to the east, they wanted to build an extra tank ditch a little further west to slow down an attack, should the line at the Defense Canal be breached. This became the Choral Canal, named after the chord cut off from a circle. Several minefields were also built near the Koordekanaal. However, hardly any money was provided for the construction of this line and, unlike the Defense Canal, no bunkers were built here. When the Germans invaded on May 10, 1940, there were too few soldiers to adequately man the Koordekanaal. The few soldiers stationed there withdrew after three days. In doing so, they blew up the bridges over the canal, which would create an obstacle for the Dutch soldiers who later had to withdraw from the line at the Defense Canal. The civilians who stayed in this area were also unnecessarily endangered.