Nijnsel

Nijnsel
Village
Sint Antonius of Padua Church
Flag Coat of arms
Ligging in de gemeente Sint-Oedenrode
Coordinates: 51°33′5″N 5°29′1″E / 51.55139°N 5.48361°E / 51.55139; 5.48361Coordinates: 51°33′5″N 5°29′1″E / 51.55139°N 5.48361°E / 51.55139; 5.48361
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Sint-Oedenrode
Population (1 jan 2007)
• Total	2,600
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Nijnsel (North Meierijs dialect: Nènzûl ) is a village in the province of North-Brabant, located in the Meierij of 's-Hertogenbosch. Nijnsel is a parish of the municipality of Sint-Oedenrode and has around 2,600 inhabitants.

The word Nijnsel means reliving. The name of the nearby hamlet Vressel means Old residence. "Sel" being derived from the word "sale", which refers to the largest house in the area which belonged to the local nobleman in the early medieval period.

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The hamlets Nijnsel and Vressel on either side of the Dommel river are known to be habituated in prehistoric times. There are archaeological remains of the Bell Beaker culture and also remains of the Roman era were found. There are numerous archaeological monuments which also remain from the Mesolithic era. A settlement from the early Bronze Age, around 1500 BC was excavated in Nijnsel.

Nijnsel originated as a settlement around a chapel which was dedicated to Anthony the Great and was already mentioned in the 15th century. The village traditionally belonged to the ancient vrijheerlijkheid of Sint-Oedenrode and was just as nearby Vressel a hamlet. After the Peace of Münster in 1648, the chapel was closed. The Catholic population used now a clandestine church in a barn in Sint-Oedenrode, while the empty chapel was used as a Protestant school since 1731, after the hamlets Nijnsel and Vressel sent a petition to establish their own school in 1728 to the Council of State of the Netherlands in The Hague. In 1892 the chapel was demolished.