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Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
province of North Brabant
North Brabant
North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...
. It is located in the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo
Geldrop-Mierlo
Geldrop-Mierlo is a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. The municipality was created from the two former municipalities of Geldrop and Mierlo.-Villages:...
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Geldrop was a separate municipality until 2004, when it merged with Mierlo
Mierlo
Mierlo is a town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Until 2004, it was a separate municipality that covers an area of . It is now part of Geldrop-Mierlo. Mierlo is home to a few interesting buildings, for example the old Council house and the Windmill in the centre of...
. Mainly to keep out of the municipality of Eindhoven.
Transportation
Road: Geldrop is linked with Eindhoven to the east by A67A67 motorway (Netherlands)
The A67 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. It is located in the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg.The road is approximately 75 kilometer in length. The A67 motorway connects the Belgian border near Eersel with Eindhoven and the German border near Venlo. Along the entire stretch...
motorway.
Railway Station:Geldrop
Geldrop railway station
Geldrop is a railway station located in Geldrop, The Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 November 1913 and is located on the Eindhoven–Weert railway...
Archaeology in Geldrop
Geldrop has proven a fertile ground for archaeological digs, with finds from various historical and prehistorical eras.The exact age of Geldrop isn't known. Through the years, several archaeological finds were made which testify to prehistoric occupants.
Where over 10.000 years ago reindeer
Reindeer
The reindeer , also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and one has already gone extinct.Reindeer vary considerably in color and size...
hunters of the so-called Ahrensburg culture
Ahrensburg culture
The Ahrensburg culture was a late Upper Paleolithic culture during the Younger Dryas, the last spell of cold at the end of the Weichsel glaciation. The culture is named after village of Ahrensburg, northeast of Hamburg in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein where wooden arrow shafts and clubs...
placed their tents, the finds on the Geldrops grounds included, among other things, two toes with engraving. On one of them a reindeer horn was represented, on the other one a dancing little girl who got nicknamed "The Venus of Mierlo
Venus of Mierlo
The Venus of Mierlo is the nickname of a prehistoric engraving of a dancing little girl which was found at Geldrop-Mierlo in the North Brabant province of Netherlands. The engravers seem to have been reindeer hunters....
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Finds in the south of Zesgehuchten (a district of Geldrop) indicate small settlements from the New Stone Age (about 3000 BC).
Finds from the Roman Period
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
and the early Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
have been found off Genoenhuis and Hoog Geldrop (districts in Geldrop). In the autumn of 1989, archaeological diggings at the nearby 't Zand Cemetery found four settlements from the late Roman Period and the Middle Ages: a period which covers the years between 350 and 1225 AD.
Famous people from Geldrop
- Pieter van den HoogenbandPieter van den HoogenbandPieter Cornelis Ruud Martijn van den Hoogenband is a Dutch former swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.-Personal life:...
(1978) Famous swimmer, Winner Olympic Gold - Ernest FaberErnest FaberErnest Anthonius Jacobus Faber is a retired Dutch footballer who played mostly as a central defender.His professional career was spent entirely in his country, mostly at PSV, where he played 12 seasons....
(1971) Famous footballer for PSV and the Netherlands national football teamNetherlands national football teamThe Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands... - A. F. Th. van der HeijdenA. F. Th. van der HeijdenA. F. Th. van der Heijden , is a Dutch writer.Van der Heijden initially studied psychology and philosophy in Nijmegen but after moving to Amsterdam he turned to writing...
Writer - Dries van AgtDries van AgtAndreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from December 19, 1977, until November 4, 1982....
Politician, former prime minister - Lara StoneLara StoneLara Catherina Stone is a Dutch model.On February 19, 2010, she was tabulated as the world's number-one fashion model on the international modelling site models.com's Top 50 Models Women ranking, a position she maintains as of November 2011...
Model - Viktor Horsting (1969) Fashion designer.