Sterksel

History

The village was first mentioned between 1196 and 1198 as Sterkesele. The suffix means "single roomed house". The first part can either be sterk (strong) or sterke (young cow). Sterksel has been an agricultural community from the Middle Ages. Between 1798 until 1915, it was owned by the Pompen family. Sterksel was home to 99 people in 1840. Broederhuis Providentia is a monastery established in 1915.

Most-observed species

• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  20,900
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  17,688
• European Stonechat

  Saxicola rubicola (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  16,778
• Common Chiffchaff

  Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  16,312
• Great Egret

  Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  15,563
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  15,114
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  14,578
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  13,997

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2021-01-02
  5 km ENE of Eynatten, Belgium
• M 2.9 — 2018-05-25
  1 km S of Reppel, Belgium
• M 2.9 — 2013-01-20
  0 km WNW of Brachterbeek, Netherlands
• M 4.2 — 2011-09-08
  3 km ENE of Heijen, Netherlands
• M 4.1 — 2009-07-24
  2 km NW of Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
• M 3.2 — 2008-12-25
  6 km ESE of Rheinberg, Germany