Memory Route World War ll City Hall Gilze Blowing Up

In the Municipality of Gilze and Rijen is a memory route created in memory of the Second World War.
In a number of places there is a sign with a description of what happened at that place in the Second World War.


COUNTRY HOUSE INFLATED IN GILZE

The new town hall on Nerhoven was opened in June 1939. The town hall was designed by architect ir. A. Siebers. He had also developed urban plans for the municipality from the mid-1930s. In these plans it was assumed that the two villages would be built towards each other. Large expansion plans were planned for Gilze on the north side of the village. However, due to the war, plans were largely abandoned. The occupier closed the connecting road between Gilze (end of Nieuwstraat) and Rijen (extension of Julianastraat). Molenheide airfield and Nerhoven airfield, which was developed in the 1930s, were connected to each other and further developed into one of the largest airfields in Western Europe during the Second World War.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Peter van Hoek (1), Heemkring Molenheide (2)
• www.heemkringmolenheide.nl