Sterksel

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Sterksel | settlement_type = Village  | image_skyline = File:Cafetaria De Scheep P1130464.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Snackbar in Sterksel | image_flag = | flag_size = | flag_alt = |image_shield =  |image_map = |pushpin_map = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands#Europe |map_alt = |map_caption = Location in North Brabant |coordinates = {{coord |51|21|2|N|5|36|43|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}} |coordinates_footnotes = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = 20px Netherlands |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = 20px North Brabant |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = 20px Heeze-Leende  | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6029PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 16 April 2022 }}</ref> | elevation_m = 27 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 17.62 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 1,785 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 6029<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 040 | website = https://www.sterksel.nu/ }}

'''Sterksel''' is a village in the southern Netherlands, near Eindhoven. It lies within the municipality Heeze-Leende. It's the smallest village of three in the municipality. The spoken language is "Heeze-en-Leendes", a distinct dialect within the East Brabantian dialect group, quite similar to colloquial Dutch.

== History == The village was first mentioned between 1196 and 1198 as Sterkesele. The suffix means "single roomed house". The first part can either be sterk (strong) or sterke (young cow).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/sterksel2 |title=Sterksel - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Sterksel has been an agricultural community from the Middle Ages. Between 1798 until 1915, it was owned by the Pompen family.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0166.php |title=Sterksel |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

Sterksel was home to 99 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/sterksel |title=Sterksel |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Broederhuis Providentia is a monastery established in 1915.<ref name="monument"/>

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Sterksel, de Sint-Catharinakerk GM1658-WN031 IMG 3707 2022-10-30 11.30.jpg|St Catharina Church File:Beukenlaan 30, Sterksel (2).JPG|Villa Ekelhof File:Oostrikkerweg 1, Sterksel.JPG|House in Sterksel File:Woningen winkels Sterksel P1130439.jpg|Supermarket </gallery>

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==External links== *[http://www.sterksel.nu/ Official Website]

Category:Populated places in North Brabant Category:Heeze-Leende