Lithoijen
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| name = Lithoijen
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_caption = Former town hall
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = North Brabant
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Oss
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5396NA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 18 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 5.1
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| area_total_km2 = 9.05
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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=18 April 2022 |quote=two entries}}
| population_total = 840
| population_as_of = 2021
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| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 0412
| coordinates = {{coord|51|48|9|N|5|27|48|E|region:NL|display=title, inline}}
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Lithoijen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Oss, about 5 km northwest of the city of Oss.
History
The village was first mentioned between 987 and 996 as Littam, and means "land on a river near Lith".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/lithoijen |title=Lithoijen (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The Catholic St. Remigus Church was built between 1900 and 1901. The tower has a slender needle spire. The former Franciscan monastery was built around 1895 in Gothic Revival style. Until 1950, it housed a girls boarding school.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0106.php |title=Lithoijen |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}} In 1833, a fort was built in Lithoijen, because an attack was feared during the Belgian Revolution. It was never used, and decommissioned in 1886. Only elevations in the landscape reveal its presence.{{cite web|url=https://www.zuiderwaterlinie.nl/11-vestingsteden/forten-in-nederland/fort-in-lithoijen |title=Fort in Lithoijen |website=Zuiderwaterlinie |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Lithoijen was home to 735 people in 1840. Lithoijen was a separate municipality until 1939, when it became part of Lith.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}} In 2011, it became part of the municipality of Oss.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/lithoijen |title=Lithoijen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Gallery
File:Dorpsstraat 4 Lithoijen voorkant totaal.jpg|Building in Lithoijen
File:Lithoijen, l'église St.Remi.JPG|St Remigus Church
File:Basisschool Sint Jozef Lithoijen.jpg|School in Lithoijen
File:Lithoyen, port de plaisance 2.JPG|Marina
References
{{Dutch municipality Oss}}
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Category:Populated places in North Brabant
Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant
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