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Gemert, Teutonic Order
Commandry Gemert ruled a considerable area and constituted a foreign enclave in the years of the Republic. The castle is an expression of this position of power. Full Map on Geoplaza.
IDNR: G05
Parish: Gemert
Municipality: Gemert-Bakel
Patron Saint: John the Baptist??
Alias: Sint-Janshof (St John's Court) ?)
Diocese: Liège
Diocese II: 's-Hertogenbosch
Province: seigniory Gemert
Province II: heerlijkheid Gemert
Gender: m
Development: (a) commandry of the Teutonic Order 1249
(b) 1648-1662 sovereignty disputed, afterwards restored
(c) in 1794* confiscated by France as part of the possessions of the Biesen bailiwick of the Teutonic Order
Filiation: dependent on (Alden)biesen
End of monastic life: confiscated by the French in 1794*
Narrative Sources (CK): -
Narrative Sources (NS): -
Manuscripts (SV): -
Archives: BHIC inventory 272
Literature: Brokken (1976); Otten (1980); Van Liebergen (1987) 41-48; 102-104; Thelen ed. (1990); Otten (1993); T. Thelen and Ch. Caspers in: BiN II, 332-333; Thelen (2009); Mol (2011) 309-311
Third Order: -
Monasticon Batavum: II 67-68 nr. 3
MeMO: -
Van Deventer:
National monument: 529545 ff
Coordinates: 176/396B
Archaeological Monument:
Archaeological Status:
Archaeological Activities: preliminary inquiry 2013
Archaeological Publication: Vansweevelt and Timmerman (2013)
First mention: 1249
Last mention: 1794
ENK code: ME-V018-006

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