page_title: Eersel
section_title: Places of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Eersel / Places of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: The church of Willibrordus at Eersel, North Brabant, the Netherlands Nederlands: De Willibrordus kerk te Eersel, Noord Brabant
context_page_description: Eersel is a municipality and a town in southern Netherlands in the province of North Brabant. Eersel is situated in the Campine area.
  Eersel is part of the Acht Zaligheden and known for its attractive market. This market, together with the Hint, has been declared a protected village on October 19, 1967. This has been done to guarantee the future survival of its authentic character.
  The spoken language is Kempenlands.
context_section_description: The church of Saint Willibrord 
  The original version of the church of Eersel was a simply wooden cottage and was possibly founded by the (Catholic) abbey of Echternach . The church was mentioned for the first time in 1480. Tower dates from second half of the 14th century. The flaunting piece of the church is the monumental organ. It was entirely restored in 1972, under realm monument care. It is a combination of work of two famous organ builders: Bernard Petrus van Hirtum from Hilvarenbeek (1838) and the Smits Brothers from Reek (1852).
  The Chapel of Our Lady of Campina
  It is built in 1464 in Gothic style and is the oldest building of the market. After the Peace of Münster it was closed for mass service and was used as Council house, as prison and repository for the fire-engine. 
  It was used for 300 years as a townhall up to 1948 before it was returned to the church and used as a chapel again.
  Protestant church
  The church was built first in 1812, and has been rebuilt in 1861. It is a simple barge stone build church. The ceiling has an arbor, what gives it a very good acoustic.
caption: St. Willibrord Church at Eersel
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