Sint Anthonis

The town was mentioned in a last will as early as 1312. The town was called Oelbroec at the time. As the church of St. Anthony The Abbot was completed in 1477, people started referring to the town as the "Parish of St. Anthony in Oelbroec", and by 1570 the name Oelbroec had disappeared. Church Book registration started in 1640 and are to be found on the BHIC web site.

Sint Anthonis was a part of the lordship of Boxmeer during the ancien régime. After the French rule, Sint Anthonis was parted from Boxmeer. Together with the village of Ledeacker it formed the municipality of "Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker". In 1821 Oploo joined this municipality, now called "Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker". In 1913 this municipality had 1769 inhabitants, of which 906 men and 863 women, and of which 965 lived in the village of Sint Anthonis. The surface of the municipality existed of 3818 ha (with 46,33 inhabitants per km²).

On 1 January 1994 the municipality of Wanroij fused with the municipality of Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker into the new municipality of Sint Anthonis. On 4 July 1994 also the name of the village was changed: St. Anthonis became Sint Anthonis.

• Landhorst
• Ledeacker
• Oploo
• De Walsert
• Sint Anthonis
• Stevensbeek
• Wanroij
• Westerbeek

Topography

Map of the former municipality of Sint Anthonis, 2015

• Piet de Bekker (1921 in Empel, 2013) a Dutch politician.
• Dien Cornelissen (1924 in Oploo, 2015) a Dutch politician and social worker
• Monic Hendrickx (born 1966 in Sint Anthonis) a Dutch actress

Sport

• Piet van Katwijk (born 1950 n Oploo) a retired Dutch cyclist, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Fons van Katwijk (born 1951 in Oploo) a retired Dutch cyclist, competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics