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Campine. Judging from the drawings, the church in Erp shares many characteristics of this Campine Gothic style, which appears in a
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One of the most notable items in the church is the organ, dating from 1848. J.J. Vollebregt built the organ and the organ housing was built by H. Meijers and the sculptures of David, Caecilia and the angels, as well as the balustrade decorating the balcony, were created by J.P. van den Mark.
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Gallic tribes that inhabited the region placed the ashes and remains of their deceased in these vessels and buried them in the many funerary fields, and some of these fields were in this area. Meuwese also mentions that a small “heathen” temple supposedly stood at a former bend in the
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In 1951, the entire church interior was painted gray. A couple of decades later, in 1991, the interior was partially restored to the style of 1844, and partially restored to the style of
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that has since been swallowed by the river. A local legend says that on
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with: “I am called
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to form one municipality under the latter name. The area of the former municipality of Erp has a population of 6,663, while Veghel has a population of 37,655.
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and a few hamlets like Rijkerbeek and Stinkhoek. In that year, the Netherlands government merged Erp and the two villages with the
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era, the Church was handed back to the Catholics, but only after a fierce dispute with the Protestants living in Erp.
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was born in the early 15th century in Erp. He was an influential theological writer and his most famous work is
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was born January 2, 1968, in Erp and recently moved back. She won two gold medals in the 2000 and 2004 summer
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Meuwese, A.P.M. Dr. Erp; Gemeente en Parochie, ’s Hertogenbosch: Zuid-Nederlandsche Drukkerij N.V., 1955
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677:Erp
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