Empel

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Empel is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch.

Empel was a separate municipality until 1971, when it was merged with 's-Hertogenbosch. The complete name of the municipality was Empel en Meerwijk.[1]

[edit] Points of interest

Empel was the ancient site of a temple to Hercules Magusanus. This was the Latin name of the supreme god of the Batavians. Stone votives and broken weapons as symbolic offerings are at the location.[2] Roman ruins are in the region.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [1]
  2. ^ Empel, The sanctuary of Magusanus..."[2]. File retrieved 10-02-07.

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Coordinates: 51°43′52″N 5°19′38″E / 51.73111, 5.32722

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