Lithoijen

Lithoijen
Village
Former town hall
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Coordinates: 51°48′9″N 5°27′48″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Oss
Area [1]
• Total	9.05 km^2 (3.49 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	5.1 m (16.7 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	840
• Density	93/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5396[1]
Dialing code	0412

Lithoijen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Oss, about 5 km northwest of the city of Oss.

History

The village was first mentioned between 987 and 996 as Littam, and means "land on a river near Lith".[3]

The Catholic St. Remigus Church was built between 1900 and 1901. The tower has a slender needle spire. The former Franciscan monastery was built around 1895 in Gothic Revival style. Until 1950, it housed a girls boarding school.[4] In 1833, a fort was built in Lithoijen, because an attack was feared during the Belgian Revolution. It was never used, and decommissioned in 1886. Only elevations in the landscape reveal its presence.[5]

Lithoijen was home to 735 people in 1840.[6] Lithoijen was a separate municipality until 1939, when it became part of Lith.[7] In 2011, it became part of the municipality of Oss.[6]

Gallery

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  Building in Lithoijen
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  St Remigus Church
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  School in Lithoijen
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  Marina

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2022. two entries
2. "Postcodetool for 5396NA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
3. "Lithoijen (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
4. Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert (1997). Lithoijen (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9945 6. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
5. "Fort in Lithoijen". Zuiderwaterlinie (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
6. "Lithoijen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
7. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.