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In Leende there were of course more places where people in hiding stayed, including the address Strijperstraat 25. Another place where people in hiding stayed was where the pancake house on the Valkenswaardseweg is now. There used to be a few wooden barracks, including a boardroom. This was used as a hunting and holiday residence. During the war, the Bas de Gaaij Fortman sr. Family also stayed there. The family also regularly offered shelter to changing people in hiding in their holiday home and had to provide extra food. For this they went back to Louis Rutten. A family also stayed with the widow Willems - Bax at the Kleine Kerk. It was not until the liberation that it turned out that it was a Jewish family.

Shortly after the start of the occupation, the Germans set up a radar station in the Leenderbos near Heerstraat (Leenderstrijp). Wooden barracks with a forage cellar were built for the men. The radar dish was placed on the so-called Vetersberg, where a watchtower of Staatsbosbeheer was later built. There was also a shelter where the soldiers could shelter during attacks or bombings. A gravel road was constructed from Heerstraat. This post remained in function until the liberation. Residents of Leenderstrijp or other ordinary citizens were of course not allowed to come there. A sign said: "Ohne Warnung wirdgeschossen!" So you naturally stayed away. Foundations and a shelter for bats still betray the place where the radar station once stood.

The cornerstone of society in ancient and modern times are the churches and more often the small chapels that you can observe all over the smallest hamlet. Small monuments with a rich history.

The most famous windmill type in the Netherlands. Windmills were not only used to produce grain flour, but also to reclaim polder areas. Natural energy. The most famous windmills can be found in Kinderdijk, really set up as a polder model. A must see!